7067. 'And that He had seen their affliction' means after such great temptations. This is clear from the meaning of 'affliction' as temptation, dealt with in 5356; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those who belong to the spiritual Church, dealt with in 6426, 6637. Regarding the affliction or molestation by falsities, that is, the temptations which those belonging to the spiritual Church suffered before the Lord's Coming, see 6854, 6914, 7037.