Verse 7

Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and the LORD heard our voice. He saw our suffering, our toil, and our oppression.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 3:9 : 9 'Now, the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.'
  • Exod 4:31 : 31 The people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had taken notice of the Israelites and had seen their suffering, they bowed down and worshiped.
  • Exod 6:5 : 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
  • 1 Sam 9:16 : 16 "About this time tomorrow, I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. You shall anoint him as ruler over my people Israel. He will deliver my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have seen my people and their cry has reached me."
  • 2 Sam 16:12 : 12 Perhaps the Lord will look upon my affliction and repay me with good for the curses I am receiving today.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
  • Ps 102:19-20 : 19 Let this be written for a future generation, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD. 20 For he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD observed the earth,
  • Ps 103:1-2 : 1 Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name. 2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and do not forget all His benefits.
  • Ps 116:1-4 : 1 I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my pleas for mercy. 2 Because he has inclined his ear to me, I will call to him as long as I live. 3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow. 4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: 'O Lord, please save my life!'
  • Ps 119:132 : 132 Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is Your custom toward those who love Your name.
  • Jer 33:2 : 2 This is what the Lord, the Maker, the Lord who formed it to establish it, whose name is the Lord, says:
  • Eph 3:20-21 : 20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
  • Exod 2:23-3:4 : 23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery rose up to God. 24 God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 25 God saw the Israelites, and He knew their situation. 1 Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that the bush was burning with fire, but it was not consumed. 3 So Moses said, 'I will turn aside to see this remarkable sight—why the bush is not burning up.' 4 When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush and said, 'Moses, Moses!' And Moses replied, 'Here I am.'