Lamentations 3:34 Meaning and Explanation
“To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →To trample the world's prisoners underfoot is something the LORD does not approve.
What Does Lamentations 3:34 Mean?
This verse begins a list of injustices that the LORD does not condone, completed in the verses that follow. The first is 'to crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth' — the cruel trampling of those already captive and helpless. Prisoners are the powerless; to grind them down is the very picture of oppression.
The point being built across these verses is profound. God may have used the captivity of his people as judgment, but he does not therefore approve of cruelty toward captives. The instrument of discipline does not have license to be merciless. God sees the prisoners of the earth, and the abuse of the helpless does not escape his notice or his disapproval. His justice extends even to how the broken are treated.
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What does Lamentations 3:34 mean?
To trample the world's prisoners underfoot is something the LORD does not approve.