Lamentations 3:34 BSB

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לְדַכֵּא֙	le.da.Ke'	to crush	H1792 →
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	under	H8478 →
רַגְלָ֔יו	rag.Lav	feet his	H7272 →
כֹּ֖ל	kol	all	H3605 →
אֲסִ֥ירֵי	'a.Si.rei	[the] prisoners of	H615 →
אָֽרֶץ׃	'A.retz	[the] land	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H7272raglavfeet his247×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 102:20
to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
leads to
- Psalms 146:7
  He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 79:11
  May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
- Exodus 3:7
  The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Isaiah 61:1–3
  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty…
Through
Psalms 69:33
For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
leads to
- Acts 5:18–19
  and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
- Psalms 68:6
  God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
- Zechariah 9:11–12
  As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
- Revelation 2:10
  Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Zechariah 9:11–12As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.Isaiah 51:22–23Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.Psalms 102:20to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,Jeremiah 51:33–36For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”Psalms 69:33For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.Isaiah 49:9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.Isaiah 14:17who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”Psalms 79:11May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.2 Chronicles 16:10Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.Amos 5:12For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.Lamentations 1:15The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.Jeremiah 50:33–34This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

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