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Lamentations 3:34 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Lamentations 3:34 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 3 verse 34 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,”
Lamentations 3:34 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 3:34
This verse begins a series (verses 34-36) listing actions God does not approve: "To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth." The Hebrew le-dakkeh tahat raglaw kol asirei-arets describes oppressive action against the helpless. The verb dakah (דָּכָא) means to crush, pulverize, or oppress—the same term used in Isaiah 53:5 for the Messiah being "bruised" (crushed).The phrase "under his feet" (tahat raglaw) signifies total domination and contempt—treating someone like dirt to be trampled. "All the prisoners of the earth" (kol asirei-arets) refers to those already in bondage, captivity...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:34
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“because of the blood of your covenant”
“and your God who pleads the cause of his people”
“the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while”
“Go forth; to those who are in darkness”
“and doesn't despise his captive people.”
“To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;”
“and overthrew its cities; who didn't release his prisoners to their home?,That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?, שָׂם תֵּבֵל כַּמִּדְבָּר וְעָרָיו הָרָס אֲסִירָיו לֹא־פָתַח בָּיְתָה׃ ,That made the world as a wilderness, And destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?”
“preserve those who are sentenced to death.”
“the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
“Thus saith 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.”