Exo 2:23, 3:2, 7, Deu 31:17, Isa 49:14, 51:17-19, 23-52:5, 54:6, 60:15 | ESV | STEP | During those many days the king of Egypt died , and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God .

Exodus 2:23

God Hears Israel’s Groaning

23 ^aDuring those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel ^bgroaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. ^cTheir cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.

Exodus 3:2

2 ^dAnd ^ethe angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.

Exodus 3:7

7 Then the Lord said, ^f“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their ^gtaskmasters. I know their sufferings,

Deuteronomy 31:17

17 Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and ^hI will forsake them and ⁱhide my face from them, and they will be devoured. And many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, ^j‘Have not these evils come upon us because ^kour God is not among us?’

Isaiah 49:14

14 But Zion said, ^l“The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”

Isaiah 51:17-19

17 ^mWake yourself, wake yourself,
stand up, O Jerusalem,
ⁿyou who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
the cup of his wrath,
who have drunk to the dregs
the bowl, ^othe cup of staggering.
18 ^pThere is none to guide her
among all the sons she has borne;
there is none to take her by the hand
among all the sons she has brought up.
19 ^qThese two things have happened to you—
who will console you?—
devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
who will comfort you? ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Masoretic Text how shall I comfort you}

Isaiah 51:23

23 ^sand I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
^twho have said to you,
‘Bow down, that we may pass over’;
and ^uyou have made your back like the ground
and like the street for them to pass over.”

Isaiah 52:1-5

The Lord’s Coming Salvation

1 ^vAwake, awake,
put on your strength, O Zion;
^wput on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, ^xthe holy city;
^yfor there shall no more come into you
the uncircumcised and the unclean.
2 ^zShake yourself from the dust and arise;
be seated, O Jerusalem;
^aaloose the bonds from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
3 For thus says the Lord: ^ab“You were sold for nothing, and ^acyou shall be redeemed without money.” 4 For thus says the Lord God: ^ad“My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing. ^{▼▼Or the Assyrian has oppressed them of late} 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 ^afcontinually all the day my name is despised.

Isaiah 54:6

6 ^agFor the Lord has called you
like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,
like a wife of youth when she is cast off,
says your God.

Isaiah 60:15

15 ^ahWhereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
^aiI will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.