Lamentations 3:34

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32 Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.

33 For ^aHe does not afflict willingly,
Nor grieve the children of men.

34 To crush under one’s feet
All the prisoners of the earth,

35 To turn aside the justice due a man
Before the face of the Most High,

36 Or subvert a man in his cause—
^aThe Lord does not approve.

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Barnes' Notes

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Lamentations 3:34-36

Neither does God approve of wanton cruelty inflicted by one man on another. Three examples are given: the treatment of prisoners of war; the procuring an unjust sentence before a legal tribunal acting in the name of God (see Exodus 21:6); and the perversion of justice generally.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Lamentations 3:34:

Psalms 8:6
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