Lamentations 3:34
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.
Updated King James Version
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 aside 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 you those that are appointed to die;
Isaiah 14:17That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Isaiah 51:22Thus says your Lord the LORD, and your God that pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of yours hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again:
Jeremiah 50:33Thus says the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
Zechariah 9:11As for you also, by the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit wherein 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 →