When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their
In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help I
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and
In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for
And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but s
Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the t
In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would
And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and
Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work o
“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.