Lamentations 3:34
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
World English Bible
In The King James Version
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
In Context
33For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
35to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
Cross References
Psalms 79:11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
Isaiah 14:17who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities, who didn’t release his prisoners to their home?”
Isaiah 51:22Your Lord GOD, your God who pleads the cause of his people, says, “Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath. You will not drink it any more.
Jeremiah 50:33The LORD of Armies says: “The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together. All who took them captive hold them fast. They refuse to let them go.
Zechariah 9:11As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
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 →