Exo 1:13-14, 2:23-24, 22:27, Judg 10:16, Psa 12:5, Ecc 4:1, Isa 52:5 | ESV | STEP | So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves

i[See ver. 23 above]

j ch. 34:6; 2 Chr. 30:9; Neh. 9:17

k ch. 2:18; Isa. 63:9

l Ps. 9:12

m Isa. 33:10; [Ps. 82:8]

nSee Ps. 55:18

sCited Rom. 2:24; [Ezek. 36:20, 23]

Exodus 1:13-14

13 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel ^awork as slaves 14 and ^bmade their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

Exodus 2:23-24

God Hears Israel’s Groaning

23 ^cDuring those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel ^dgroaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. ^eTheir cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And ^fGod heard their groaning, and God ^gremembered his covenant with ^hAbraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Exodus 22:27

27 for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he ⁱcries to me, I will hear, for I am ^jcompassionate.

Judges 10:16

16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and ^khe became impatient over the misery of Israel.

Psalms 12:5

5 “Because ^lthe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
^mI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the ⁿsafety for which he longs.”

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Evil Under the Sun

1 ^oAgain I ^psaw all ^qthe oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had ^rno one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Isaiah 52:5

5 Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord, “and ^scontinually all the day my name is despised.