Psalm 107:39
They became few in number and were humiliated because of oppression, disaster, and sorrow.
2 Kings 10:32
Jehovah began to reduce the size of Israel's territory. King Hazael of Syria conquered all the Israelite territory
Genesis 45:11
I will provide for you in Egypt. For there will be five more years of famine. Then you, your family, and all who belong to you will not lose all that you have.'
Exodus 1:13-14
They forced the Israelites to work hard as slaves.
Exodus 2:23-24
Time went by and the king of Egypt died. The Israelites still groaned because they were slaves. So they cried out, and their cries for help went up to God.
Judges 6:3-6
When the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites along with the desert tribes attacked them.
Ruth 1:20-21
She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter.
1 Samuel 2:5-7
Those who were full have hired themselves out for food. The hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven. She who has had many sons has languished.
2 Kings 4:8
Elisha went to Shunem, where a rich woman lived. She invited him to a meal. From that time on every time he went to Shunem he would have his meals at her house.
2 Kings 8:3
When the seven years ended she returned to Israel. She went to the king to ask that her house and her land be restored to her.
2 Kings 13:7
Out of all his army, Jehoahaz had only fifty horsemen and ten carriages and ten thousand footmen. The king of Aram had given them up to destruction, crushing them like dust.
2 Kings 13:22
Israel was crushed under the power of Hazael, king of Aram, all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Kings 14:26
Jehovah saw the bitter affliction of Israel. There was no one left, bond or free. There was no help for Israel.
2 Chronicles 15:5-6
No one could come and go in peace at that time. This is because everyone living in the land had a lot of turmoil.
Job 1:10-17
You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You bless everything he does. You have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country.
Psalm 30:6-7
Now as for me, I said in my prosperity: I will never be shaken.
Jeremiah 51:33-34
I am the All-Powerful Jehovah, the God of Israel, and I make this promise: Soon Babylon will be leveled and packed down like a threshing place at harvest time.