To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
Lamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
Voices2
If men injure them under colour of law, and in the pretended administration of justice,--if they turn aside the right of a man, so that he cannot discover what his rights are or cannot come at them, they are out of his reach,--if they subvert a man in his cause, and bring in a wrong verdict, or give a false judgment, let them know, (1.) That God sees them.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
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.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches12
As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
Thus saith thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; thou shalt no more drink it again:
To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.
saying to them that are bound, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
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Jeremiah2
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Psalms 102:20To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
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Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;
And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to…
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Psalms 69:33For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.
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and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward.
God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days.…
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