Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 3:34
Lamentations 3:34. All the prisoners of the earth— All the prisoners of the land. By "the prisoners of the land," I am persuaded are meant the poor insolvent debtors, whom their creditors among the Jews, as well as among other nations, were empowered to cast into prison, and oblige to work out the debt; a power too often exerted with great rigour and inhumanity. See Matthew 18:30; Matthew 18:34. The sufferings of these persons seem to be alluded to Isa 58:3 where the people asking with... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Lamentations 3:34
"To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,To turn aside the right of a manbefore the face of the Most High,To subvert a man in his cause,the Lord approveth not.Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass,when the Lord commandeth it not?Out of the mouth of the Most Highcometh there not evil and good?Wherefore doth a living man complain,a man for the punishment of his sins?""To crush under foot ... the prisoners" (Lamentations 3:34). "This refers to the harsh cruelties of the... read more