Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
Parallel translations
- WEB Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.
- BSB Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
- NKJV Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, When He heard their cry;
- NASB ¶Nevertheless He looked at their distress When He heard their cry;
- NLT Even so, he pitied them in their distress and listened to their cries.
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Even so, God took notice of Israel's distress when he heard their cry.
Overview
The 'nevertheless' marks a turn from judgment to mercy: though Israel deserved abandonment, God attentively regarded their suffering when they cried out. This reveals the LORD's compassionate character, ready to respond to genuine pleas even from a guilty people. Such grace toward the undeserving foreshadows the gospel, where God hears and saves sinners who call upon him.
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Cross-references · 8
- Judg 3:9And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
- Judg 4:3And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
- Judg 2:18And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
- Neh 9:27–38Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
- Judg 6:6–10And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
- 1 Sam 7:8–12And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Kgs 14:26–27For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
- Judg 10:10–16And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
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