⁷ And the Lord said: ^(A)“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry ^(B)because of their taskmasters, ^(C)for I know their ^[a]sorrows.

⁴ So Jehoahaz ^(A)pleaded with the Lord, and the Lord listened to him; for ^(B)He saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.