Thematic Bible: National, relieved
Thematic Bible
Oppression » National, relieved
For this is what the LORD says: "My people went down long ago into Egypt to live there; the Assyrian, too, has oppressed them without cause.
Now, listen carefully! The cry of the Israelis has come to my attention about how severely the Egyptians have been oppressing them.
So we cried out to the LORD God of our ancestors, and he heard our cries and observed our affliction, trouble, and oppression.
So in his burning anger against Israel, the LORD gave them into the domination of marauders who plundered them. The enemies who surrounded the Israelis controlled them, and they were no longer able to withstand their adversaries.