hSee Neh. 5:10-12
nCited from Isa. 61:1, 2
Exodus 1:11
11Therefore they set taskmasters over them ato afflict them with heavy bburdens. They built for Pharaoh cstore cities, Pithom and dRaamses.Exodus 3:7
7Then the Lord said, e“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their ftaskmasters. I know their sufferings,Exodus 5:9
9Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”Exodus 5:14
14And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s gtaskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”Isaiah 58:6
6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:hto loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps iof the yoke,
to let the oppressed ▼
▼Or bruised
go free,and to break every yoke?
Matthew 11:28
28 kCome to lme, all who labor and are mheavy laden, and I will give you rest.Luke 4:18
18 n“The Spirit of the Lord ois upon me,because he has anointed me
to pproclaim good news to the poor.
qHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and rrecovering of sight to the blind,
sto set at liberty those who are oppressed,
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