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Exodus 3:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So because the Israelites’ cry for help has come to me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing  them,

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After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labour, they cried out,  and their cry for help because of the difficult labour ascended to God.


Then the Lord said, ‘I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out  because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings,


So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labour.  They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities  for Pharaoh.


Pharaoh then commanded all his people, ‘You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.’


If you see oppression of the poor  and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation,  because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.


Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun.  Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.


Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring us something to drink.’


The angel of the Lord said to her, ‘You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael,  for the Lord has heard your cry of affliction.


So we called out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our cry and saw our misery, hardship, and oppression.


‘At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over my people Israel.  He will save them from the Philistines because I have seen the affliction of my people,  for their cry has come to me.’


Then Jehoahaz sought the Lord’s favour, and the Lord heard him, for he saw the oppression the king of Aram inflicted on Israel.


And he said, “Look up and see: all the males that are mating with the flocks are streaked, spotted, and speckled, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.


A new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.


God saw the Israelites, and God knew.


‘Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader  of my people, “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer;  I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the Lord’s temple.


You saw the oppression of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea.





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