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For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.
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God's Compassionate Gaze
Commentators agree that God's intervention was not due to Israel's righteousness, but because He saw their 'very bitter' and helpless condition. After prolonged suffering under Syrian oppression, Israel was utterly weak. Scholars like Gill and Henry note that this desperate state moved God to compassion, showing that His mercy can be triggered by our deepest needs, not our merits.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The affliction of Israel - This refers to what the Israelites had suffered for two reigns at the hands of the Syrians ([Reference 2 Kings 10…
19th Century
Anglican
Affliction. —Better, oppression.
Bitter. —So the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate Better, stubb…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was verybitter Being sorely oppres…
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