Lamentations 3:34
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
Cross-reference
Lamentations 1:15 uses the same 'crush' imagery but with God as the agent, contrasting human oppressors here.
In Psalm 69:33, God hears the needy and does not despise prisoners — assurance for the crushed prisoners of Lamentations.
In Psalm 79:11, the groans of prisoners are brought before God — a prayer that echoes the suffering of Lamentations 3:34.
In Psalm 102:20, God hears prisoners' groans and sets them free — the deliverance for those crushed in Lamentations.
In Isaiah 14:17, the king of Babylon is taunted for not releasing prisoners — same oppression as Lamentations' crushing.
In Isaiah 51:23, the same oppressors who trampled prisoners are forced to drink God's cup — a reversal of the crushing.
In Jeremiah 50:33, God acknowledges Israel is oppressed and held captive — directly matching the prisoners crushed in Lamentations.
In Jeremiah 50:34, God as Redeemer pleads the cause of the oppressed — the answer to the cry of crushed prisoners.
In Jeremiah 51:33-36, Babylon is said to have 'crushed' Jerusalem — the same verb used for crushing prisoners in Lamentations.
Zechariah 9:11 promises freedom for prisoners from the pit, contrasting the crushing of prisoners here.
2 Chronicles 16:10 records Asa imprisoning a prophet and oppressing people—a concrete example of the crushing of prisoners lamented here.
Job 20:19 describes the wicked crushing the poor—similar imagery of oppression of the vulnerable seen here.
Zechariah 9:12 calls prisoners 'prisoners of hope' and promises double restoration—a hopeful contrast to the oppression here.
Amos 5:12 condemns those who afflict the righteous and turn aside the needy—parallel to the oppression of prisoners here.