Lamentations 3:34
Whether it's mistreating all the prisoners of the land,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
In Context
33For he doesn't willingly hurt people, or cause them grief.
35Or denying someone their rights as the Most High watches,
Cross References
Psalms 79:11Listen to the groans of the prisoners; with your great power save those condemned to die.
Isaiah 14:17Is this the one who turned the world into a desert, destroyed cities, and never let his prisoners return home?’
Isaiah 51:22This is what your Lord God says, your God, who defends his people's cause: Look! I have taken away from you the cup that made you stagger around. You will never again have to drink from that cup, the cup of my anger.
Jeremiah 50:33This is what the Lord Almighty says: The people of Israel and Judah are being mistreated. All who captured them are holding onto them, refusing to let them go.
Zechariah 9:11And as for you, because my agreement with you, sealed with blood, I will set you free from the waterless pit.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →