Lamentations 3:34 Cross References - NSB

³⁴ A man crushes under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.

³³ For Jehovah hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.

¹¹ Let the groans of prisoners come into your presence. With your powerful arm (according to the greatness of your power) rescue those who are condemned to death.

²⁰ He heard the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those who were doomed to death.

¹⁷ who made the world like a desert and tore down its cities and did not let his prisoners go home?’

⁹ Say to those who are bound: »Go forth, to those in the darkness and show yourselves. They will feed along the roads and their pasture is on all bare heights.

²² This is what your Lord Jehovah says, your God, who defends his people: »See, I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger. You will never drink from that cup, that cup of wrath, again. ²³ »I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you: ‘Lie down that we may walk all over you. You made your back like the ground like a street to be walked over.«’

¹⁷ »The people of Israel are like scattered sheep that lions have chased. The first to devour them was the king of Assyria. The last to gnaw at their bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

³³ Jehovah of Hosts says: »All the people of Israel and Judah are oppressed. All their enemies have captured them. They refuse to let them go. ³⁴ »Their defender is strong. His name is Jehovah of Hosts. He will certainly take up their cause in order to bring rest to the land of Israel and unrest to the people who live in Babylon.

³³ »I am the All-Powerful Jehovah, the God of Israel, and I make this promise: Soon Babylon will be leveled and packed down like a threshing place at harvest time. ³⁴ »The people of Jerusalem say: King Nebuchadnezzar made us panic. That monster (big snake) filled up with our treasures, leaving us empty. He gobbled down what he wanted and spit out the rest. ³⁵ »The people of Babylon harmed some of us and killed others. Now Jehovah will make them pay. ³⁶ Therefore Jehovah says: »I am going to plead your case and exact full vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry.

¹¹ »I set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. This is because of the blood of your covenant! ¹² »Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. I declare today: I shall repay you a double portion.