Lamentations 3:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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.

Lamentations 3:34-36

34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,i

36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.j