to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”

要垂听被囚之人的叹息，要释放将要死的人，

要垂听被囚之人的叹息，要释放将死的人，

要垂听被囚之人的叹息，要释放将死的人，

要垂听被囚之人的哀叹，释放被判死刑的人。

为要垂听被囚的人的叹息，解救定了死罪的人；

为要垂听被囚者的呻吟，释放那些注定要死的人；

要垂聽被囚之人的歎息，要釋放將要死的人，

要垂聽被囚之人的嘆息，要釋放將死的人，

要垂聽被囚之人的嘆息，要釋放將死的人，

要垂聽被囚之人的哀歎，釋放被判死刑的人。

為要垂聽被囚的人的歎息，解救定了死罪的人；

來聽被擄之人的唉哼，來釋放瀕於死亡的人；

為要垂聽被囚者的呻吟，釋放那些註定要死的人；

聽俘囚之欷歔、釋瀕死之人兮、

俘囚欷歔、彼其聞之、人將就戮、彼其拯之兮。

垂聽被囚者之歎息、解救將死之人、

主自九天上。監臨人間世。

He heard the groans of the prisoners. He set free those who were sentenced to death.”

to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,

to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to set free those condemned to die,

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to death,

To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to set free those condemned to die,

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;

May the groans of the prisoners come before you; with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.

He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free,

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

The Lord said,“ I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.

the man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?”

Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day he has been unwilling to destroy them or banish them from his presence.

in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the warhorses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.

So the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.

the river crossings seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers terrified.”This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:“ Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; the time to harvest her will soon come.”“ Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made us an empty jar. Like a serpent he has swallowed us and filled his stomach with our delicacies, and then has spewed us out.May the violence done to our flesh be on Babylon,” say the inhabitants of Zion.“ May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,” says Jerusalem.

During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.

Then Jehoahaz sought the Lord’s favor, and the Lord listened to him, for he saw how severely the king of Aram was oppressing Israel.

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up.“ Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.Then the angel said to him,“ Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so.“ Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him.Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.Then Peter came to himself and said,“ Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.