Lexicon :: Strong's H3905 - lāḥaṣ

“So because the Israelites’ cry for help has come to me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them,

“You must not exploit a resident alien or oppress him, since you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.

“You must not oppress a resident alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be a resident alien because you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.

The donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, squeezing Balaam’s foot against it. So he hit her once again.

The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to go down into the valley.

Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, the LORD was with him and saved the people from the power of their enemies while the judge was still alive. The LORD was moved to pity whenever they groaned because of those who were oppressing and afflicting them.

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he harshly oppressed them twenty years.

“I rescued you from the power of Egypt and the power of all who oppressed you. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.

“Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites[fn] oppressed you, and you cried out to me, did I not deliver you from them?

and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’

Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger got to him, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him? ”

Then Jehoahaz sought the LORD’s favor, and the LORD heard him, for he saw the oppression the king of Aram inflicted on Israel.

King Hazael of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz,

Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me;

he fights and oppresses me all day long.

Their enemies oppressed them,

and they were subdued under their power.

It will be a sign and witness to the LORD of Armies in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and leader, and he will rescue them.

His children will be as in past days;

his congregation will be established in my presence.

I will punish all his oppressors.

But look, I am raising up a nation

against you, house of Israel —

this is the declaration of the Lord,

the GOD of Armies —

and they will oppress you

from the entrance of Hamath[fn]

to the Brook of the Arabah.[fn]