⁷ Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out^(A) because of their oppressors, and I know about their sufferings.

⁹ The Israelites’ cry for help has come to Me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing^(A) them.

⁴ Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers^(A) who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.^[a](B)