Verse 7

The LORD said,“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 106:44 : 44 Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.
  • Ps 145:19 : 19 He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
  • Isa 63:9 : 9 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.
  • Exod 2:23-25 : 23 The Call of the Deliverer During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, 25 God saw the Israelites, and God understood.
  • Neh 9:9 : 9 “You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their cry at the Red Sea.
  • Ps 22:24 : 24 For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.
  • Ps 34:4 : 4 I sought the LORD’s help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 This oppressed man cried out and the LORD heard; he saved him from all his troubles.
  • Exod 22:23 : 23 If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry,
  • 1 Sam 9:16 : 16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”
  • Gen 18:21 : 21 that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”
  • Gen 29:32 : 32 So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said,“The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”
  • Exod 1:11 : 11 So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
  • Heb 4:15 : 15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
  • Ps 142:3 : 3 Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.