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Exodus 2:23

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After the death of the king of Egypt, the Israelites still complained because they were forced to be slaves. They cried out for help,

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Then the LORD said: Why have you done this terrible thing? You killed your own brother, and his blood flowed onto the ground. Now his blood is calling out for me to punish you.

When our ancestors were in Egypt, you saw their suffering; when they were at the Red Sea, you heard their cry for help.

In times of trouble, everyone begs the mighty God to have mercy.

(A prayer for someone who hurts and needs to ask the LORD for help.) I pray to you, LORD! Please listen.

Don't hide from me in my time of trouble. Pay attention to my prayer and quickly give an answer.

But you, LORD, tell them, "I will do something! The poor are mistreated and helpless people moan. I'll rescue all who suffer."

I was in terrible trouble when I called out to you, but from your temple you heard me and answered my prayer.

that their lives were miserable. The Egyptians were cruel to the people of Israel and forced them to make bricks and to mix mortar and to work in the fields.

But even before this, the LORD had told Moses, "Leave the land of Midian and return to Egypt. Everyone who wanted to kill you is dead."

Now I have seen how the people of Israel are suffering because of the Egyptians, and I will keep my promise.

When Moses told this to the Israelites, they were too discouraged and mistreated to believe him.

and spoke to the king. At the time, Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three.

These will remind the Egyptians that the LORD All-Powerful is with them. And when they are in trouble and ask for help, he will send someone to rescue them from their enemies.

I am the LORD All-Powerful! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

and when we begged our LORD for help, he answered our prayer and brought us out of that land. Now we are camped at the border of your territory, near the town of Kadesh.

Forty years later, an angel appeared to Moses from a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

Pay them their wages at the end of each day, because they live in poverty and need the money to survive. If you don't pay them on time, they will complain about you to the LORD, and he will punish you.

You refused to pay the people who worked in your fields, and now their unpaid wages are shouting out against you. The Lord All-Powerful has surely heard the cries of the workers who harvested your crops.

Jabin's army had nine hundred iron chariots, and for twenty years he made life miserable for the Israelites, until finally they begged the LORD for help.

After Jacob went to Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD for help, and he sent Moses and Aaron. They led your ancestors out of Egypt and had them settle in this land.

"I've seen how my people are suffering, and I've heard their call for help. About this time tomorrow I'll send you a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who will rescue my people from the Philistines. I want you to pour olive oil on his head to show that he will be their leader."




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