Lamentations 5:8
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
Cross-reference
In Deuteronomy 28:43, foreigners rise above Israel — the very curse being fulfilled as slaves rule over them.
In Psalm 7:2, David cries 'no one to rescue' from enemies — directly parallel to Lamentations' plea.
In Psalm 50:22, God warns the wicked with no rescuer — same phrase but divine judgment context.
In Proverbs 30:22, a servant becoming king is unbearable — exactly the situation lamented in Lamentations.
In Deuteronomy 28:29, the curse 'no man shall save thee' is fulfilled as Lamentations laments no deliverer.
In Jeremiah 5:19, God explains that serving strangers results from serving foreign gods—the very reason behind Lamentations' oppression.
In Job 5:4, the fool's children have no defender — echoes the lack of deliverance in Lamentations.
In Hosea 2:10, God declares 'none shall deliver her out of my hand,' echoing the helplessness of Lamentations' 'none to deliver us.'
In Zechariah 11:6, God says He will not deliver them from their neighbors' hands, mirroring the no-deliverance theme.