Psalms 107:39

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Yet they were diminished and brought low through oppression, calamity, and sorrow.

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  • 2 Kgs 10:32 : 32 In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel, and Hazael defeated them throughout their territory.
  • 2 Kgs 13:7 : 7 Nothing was left for Jehoahaz's army except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust to be trampled.
  • 2 Kgs 13:22 : 22 Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
  • 2 Kgs 14:26 : 26 For the LORD saw how bitter the suffering of Israel was; there was no one to help, neither slave nor free.
  • 2 Chr 15:5-6 : 5 In those days, there was no peace for those who went out or those who came in, but great unrest troubled all the inhabitants of the lands. 6 Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.
  • Job 1:10-17 : 10 'Haven't you placed a hedge around him and his household and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands so that his possessions have increased in the land.' 11 'But stretch out your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.' 12 The LORD said to Satan, 'Very well, everything he has is in your power, but do not lay a hand on the man himself.' Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD. 13 One day, while Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine at the home of their oldest brother, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, 'The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 when the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.' 16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, 'The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.' 17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, 'The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties, swept down on the camels, and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.'
  • Ps 30:6-7 : 6 For His anger lasts only a moment, but His favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning. 7 As for me, I said in my prosperity, 'I will never be shaken.'
  • Jer 51:33-34 : 33 This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; in a little while her harvest time will come.' 34 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies. He has rinsed me out.
  • Gen 45:11 : 11 I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine to come, so that neither you, your household, nor anything that belongs to you will fall into poverty.
  • Exod 1:13-14 : 13 The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work as slaves. 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
  • Exod 2:23-24 : 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.
  • Judg 6:3-6 : 3 Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east would come up and attack them. 4 They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys. 5 For they came with their livestock and tents, like swarms of locusts in number. Both they and their camels were too many to count, and they invaded the land to devastate it. 6 So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.
  • Ruth 1:20-21 : 20 She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. 21 I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.
  • 1 Sam 2:5-7 : 5 'Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. The barren woman has borne seven children, but she who has many sons languishes.' 6 'The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.' 7 'The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He humbles and He exalts.'
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 One day, Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he passed by, he would stop there to eat.
  • 2 Kgs 8:3 : 3 At the end of the seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land.

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    5Hungry and thirsty, their souls grew faint within them.

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