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Lamentations 3:34
34Bad people may be cruel to those who are in prison.
Lamentations 3:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
- New International Version (NIV)To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,
- English Standard Version (ESV)To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,
- New King James Version (NKJV)To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the earth,
Context of Lamentations 3:34
32He does cause people to feel sad sometimes, but he is sorry for us. He is also very kind to us, because he loves us very much. 33He does not enjoy seeing people who are in pain. He does not enjoy causing trouble for them. Bad people may be cruel to those who are in prison. 35They may turn against the Most High God and cheat people. 36They may tell lies in court. The Lord is not happy when he sees any of those bad things.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:34 word by word
לְדַכֵּא֙ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָ֔יו כֹּ֖ל אֲסִ֥ירֵי אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:34
- Isaiah 51:22The Lord God who is your Lord stands beside his people. He says, ‘Look! Now I have taken the cup of my punishment out of your hand. You will no longer have to drink the strong wine of my anger that makes you drunk.
- Jeremiah 50:17‘Israel's enemies have chased them away to many different places. They are like sheep that hungry lions have chased away. The first to catch them was the king of Assyria. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed them, like a lion that broke their bones.’
- Jeremiah 51:33The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this: Babylon is like a threshing floor that is ready for people to stamp on wheat. The harvest time will soon come! Then the enemy will cut down Babylon, and they will stamp all over it!’
- Psalms 69:33For the Lord listens to the prayers of poor people. He does not forget to help his people when they are prisoners.
- Psalms 79:11Listen to the prisoners who are in pain! They are calling out for help. Use your great power to make them free, before their enemies kill them.
- Psalms 102:20He heard the prisoners call out in pain. He saved the lives of prisoners so they could go free before their enemies could kill them.
- Isaiah 14:17Is this really the man who made the world become like a desert? He destroyed its cities. He did not let his prisoners go back to their homes.”
- Isaiah 49:9You will say to the prisoners, “Come out!” You will say to people who are in dark prisons, “Come outside!” Then they will be free to find food for themselves. They will eat along the road and on the tops of the hills.
- Zechariah 9:11But I made a promise to you. I made that promise true with blood. I will free your people that are in a prison, in deep dark holes without water.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34To crush under his feet - He can neither gain credit nor pleasure in trampling upon those who are already bound, and in suffering; such he knows to be the state of man here below. From which it most assuredly follows, that God never afflicts us but for our good, nor chastises but that we may be partakers of his holiness. All the prisoners of the earth - By the prisoners of the earth, or land, Dr. Blayney understands those insolvent debtors who were put in…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34-36Verses 34-36 Neither does God approve of wanton cruelty inflicted by one man on another. Three examples are given: the treatment of prisoners of war; the procuring an unjust sentence before a legal tribunal acting in the name of God (see Exodus 21:6); and the perversion of justice generally.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-36Verses 21-36 Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse. We should observe what makes for us, as well as what is against us. God's compassions fail not; of this we have fresh instances every morning. Portions on earth are perishing things, but God is a portion for ever. It is our duty, and will be our comfort and satisfaction, to hope…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-36The people of Judah were doing such things before Jerusalem was destroyed (see Jeremiah 5:26–31; 21:11–14; 23:10–14; Micah 3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 34-3634-36. This triplet has an infinitive in the beginning of each verse, the governing finite verb being in the end of La 3:36, "the Lord approveth not," which is to be repeated in each verse. Jeremiah here anticipates and answers the objections which the Jews might start, that it was by His connivance they were "crushed under the feet" of those who "turned aside the right of a man." God approves (literally, "seeth," Ha 1:13; so "behold," "look on," that is…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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