Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Tempered with mercy
Many times He restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
Many times did [God] deliver them, but they were rebellious in their counsel and sank low through their iniquity. Nevertheless He regarded their distress when He heard their cry; And He [earnestly] remembered for their sake His covenant and relented their sentence of evil [comforting and easing Himself] according to the abundance of His mercy and loving-kindness [when they cried out to Him]. read more.
He also caused [Israel] to find sympathy among those who had carried them away captive.
He also caused [Israel] to find sympathy among those who had carried them away captive.
And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship]! O people who dwell in Zion at Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any more, but your eyes will constantly behold your Teacher. read more.
And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.
And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.
For if He causes grief,
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness and tender mercy.
But as for me, I will look to the Lord and confident in Him I will keep watch; I will wait with hope and expectancy for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold His righteous deliverance.
This is what the Lord says,
“Though they are at full strength and many in number,
Even so, they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you and caused you grief [O Jerusalem],
I will afflict you no longer.
Even so, they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you and caused you grief [O Jerusalem],
I will afflict you no longer.
journey of israel through the Desert » Constant goodness and mercy of God to them during
Many times did [God] deliver them, but they were rebellious in their counsel and sank low through their iniquity. Nevertheless He regarded their distress when He heard their cry; And He [earnestly] remembered for their sake His covenant and relented their sentence of evil [comforting and easing Himself] according to the abundance of His mercy and loving-kindness [when they cried out to Him]. read more.
He also caused [Israel] to find sympathy among those who had carried them away captive.
He also caused [Israel] to find sympathy among those who had carried them away captive.
So He saved them from the hand of the one that hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the [Egyptian] enemy.
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He rescued them from their distresses.
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them from their distresses.
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Call upon God under affliction
In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the Lord
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.
O people who dwell in Zion at Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any more, but your eyes will constantly behold your Teacher.