Deuteronomy 26:7

7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labour and our oppression.

Deuteronomy 26:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 26:7

And when we cried unto the Lord our God
As they did by reason of their hard bondage, ( Exodus 2:23 ) ;

and the Lord heard our voice, and looked upon our affliction, and our
labour, and our oppression;
with a look of pity and compassion, heard their cries, answered their petitions, and sent them a deliverer, ( Exodus 2:25 ) ( Exodus 3:7 Exodus 3:8 ) .

Deuteronomy 26:7 In-Context

5 Then thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, My father, the Syrian, perishing of hunger went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few and became there a nation, great, mighty, and many;

6 and the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us and laid upon us hard bondage.

7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labour and our oppression.

8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terribleness and with signs and with wonders;

9 and he has brought us into this place and has given us this land, even a land that flows with milk and honey.