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 5:18-19
18Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.” 19The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.”Judges 10:16-18
16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and dhe became impatient over the misery of Israel.17Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead. And the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at eMizpah. 18And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? fHe shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
Judges 16:21
21And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. gAnd he ground at the mill in the prison.Judges 16:30
30And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he bowed with all his strength, and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.Nehemiah 9:37
37 hAnd its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.Isaiah 51:19-20
19 iThese 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
20 kYour sons have fainted;
they lie at the head of every street
like an lantelope min a net;
they are full of the wrath of the Lord,
the rebuke of your God.
Isaiah 51:23
23 nand I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,owho have said to you,
‘Bow down, that we may pass over’;
and pyou have made your back like the ground
and like the street for them to pass over.”
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