Affliction

The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”

And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

…and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.

You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.

And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”

Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”

For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,

You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.

If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.

Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.

I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.

If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.

Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.

This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.

The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.

See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.

Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.

Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!

I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.

Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.

That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.

After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.