God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,

I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon.

When the Lord raised up leaders for them, the Lord was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The Lord felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.