Bible Verses About Afflictions: God determines the continuance of

And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.

But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.

Your children shall wander in the desert forty years, and shall bear your fornication, until the carcasses of their fathers be consumed in the desert,

For yet a little and a very little while, and my indignation shall cease, and my wrath shall be upon their wickedness.

For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again to this place.