Arcana Coelestia #6803
6803. 'And God heard their groaning' means help. This is clear from the meaning of 'hearing' as obeying, dealt with in 2542, 3869, 4652-4660, 5017, though when used of the Lord the word means making provision and bringing help, for the Lord brings help to the one He hears; and from the meaning of 'groaning' as grief on account of the endeavour by falsities to subdue them.
Exodus 19:5
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Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
