8. “The people of Israel groaned
because of their slavery and cried
out for help. Their cry for rescue from
slavery came up to God.”
Exodus 2:23-25
9. And God heard their groaning, and God
remembered his covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
God saw the people of Israel—and God
knew.
Exodus 2:23-25
10. The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery
of my people in Egypt. I have heard them
crying out because of their slave drivers, and
I am concerned about their suffering.
So I have come down to rescue them from the
hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up
out of that land into a good and spacious
land, a land flowing with milk and
honey…’
Exodus 3:7-8
14. "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because
he has anointed me to proclaim good
news to the poor. He has sent me to
proclaim freedom for the prisoners and
recovery of sight for the blind, to set the
oppressed free’
Luke 4:18-20
18. Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse
yourself! Do not reject us forever.
Why do you hide your face and forget
our misery and oppression?
19. We are brought down to the dust; our
bodies cling to the ground.
Rise up and help us; rescue us
because of your unfailing love.
Psalm 44:23–26 (NIV)