Lamentations Chapter 3 verse 34 Holy Bible
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
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In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
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To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
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To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.
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To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
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To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 34-39. - These two triads form a transition to the renewed complaints and appeals for help in the following verses. The first triad is probably an amplification of the statement that "the Lord doth not afflict willingly." This being the case, the injustice which darkens human life cannot be approved by him. Verse 34. - To crush, etc. With manifest reference to the cruelties of the Babylonian conquerors of the Jews.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(34-36) To crush . . .--The triplet of verses forms one sentence dependent upon the final clause, "The Lord approveth not," literally, doth not look on. By some critics the literal meaning is kept in the form of a question: Doth not the Lord look on this? The fact that the righteous judgment of God is against those who, unlike Him, cause wilful and needless suffering is another ground of hope to the sufferer. The three forms of evil specified are (1) the cruel treatment of prisoners of war, such as Jeremiah had witnessed daily at the hands of the Chaldeans; (2) the perversion of justice in a public tribunal acting in the name of God (Exodus 23:6); (3) every form even of private injustice.
