Verse 20

It will become a visual reminder in the land of Egypt of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. When they cry out to the LORD because of oppressors, he will send them a deliverer and defender who will rescue them.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 2:23 : 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.
  • Exod 3:7 : 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.
  • Josh 4:20-21 : 20 Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan. 21 He told the Israelites,“When your children someday ask their fathers,‘What do these stones represent?’
  • Josh 22:27-28 : 27 but as a reminder to us and you, and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the LORD in his very presence with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants,‘You have no right to worship the LORD.’ 28 We said,‘If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply,“See the model of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’
  • Josh 22:34 : 34 The Reubenites and Gadites named the altar,“Surely it is a Reminder to us that the LORD is God.”
  • Josh 24:26-27 : 26 Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the LORD’s shrine. 27 Joshua said to all the people,“Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”
  • 2 Kgs 13:4-5 : 4 Jehoahaz asked for the LORD’s mercy and the LORD responded favorably, for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria. 5 The LORD provided a deliverer for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. The Israelites once more lived in security.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”
  • Isa 19:4 : 4 I will hand Egypt over to a harsh master; a powerful king will rule over them,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Isa 20:4 : 4 so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, both young and old. They will be in undergarments and barefoot, with the buttocks exposed; the Egyptians will be publicly humiliated.
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 The LORD’s angel went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!
  • Isa 45:21-22 : 21 Tell me! Present the evidence! Let them consult with one another! Who predicted this in the past? Who announced it beforehand? Was it not I, the LORD? I have no peer, there is no God but me, a God who vindicates and delivers; there is none but me. 22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.
  • Isa 49:25-26 : 25 Indeed,” says the LORD,“captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children. 26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. Then all humankind will recognize that I am the LORD, your deliverer, your protector, the Powerful One of Jacob.”
  • Isa 52:5 : 5 And now, what do we have here?” says the LORD.“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the LORD,“and my name is constantly slandered all day long.
  • Isa 55:13 : 13 Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes, firs will grow in place of nettles; they will be a monument to the LORD, a permanent reminder that will remain.
  • Luke 2:11 : 11 Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.
  • Titus 2:13 : 13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.