¶Nevertheless He looked at their distress When He heard their cry;
Parallel translations
- WEB Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.
- KJV Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, 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;
- 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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- Judg 3:9When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
- Judg 4:3The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years.
- Judg 2:18When Yahweh raised up judges for them, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.
- Neh 9:27–38Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hands of their adversaries.
- Judg 6:6–10Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to Yahweh.
- 1 Sam 7:8–12The children of Israel said to Samuel, “Don’t stop crying to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.”
- 2 Kgs 14:26–27For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for all, slave and free, and there was no helper for Israel.
- Judg 10:10–16The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.”
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