Lamentations 5:8

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Slaves now rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their power.

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  • Neh 5:15 : 15 The former governors who were before me placed heavy burdens on the people, taking food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Even their servants oppressed the people. But because of the fear of God, I did not act like that.
  • Zech 11:6 : 6 For I will no longer show pity to the people of the land,' declares the LORD. 'I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will crush the land, and I will not deliver them from their power.'
  • Ps 7:2 : 2 O Lord, my God, I take refuge in You; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me.
  • Prov 30:22 : 22 A servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 Even from eternity I am He; none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?
  • Hos 2:10 : 10 She did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and who lavished her with silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 Consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver.
  • Job 5:4 : 4 His children are far from safety; they are crushed at the gate with no one to deliver them.
  • Job 10:7 : 7 You know that I am not wicked, and that no one can deliver me from Your hand.
  • Gen 9:25 : 25 he said, 'Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.'
  • Deut 28:43 : 43 The foreigner who resides among you will rise higher and higher above you, but you will sink lower and lower.
  • Neh 2:19 : 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arabian heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us. They said, "What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"

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  • Neh 9:34-37
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    34 Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey Your law or pay attention to Your commandments and warnings You gave them.

    35 Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying Your abundant goodness and the spacious, fertile land You gave them, they did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds.

    36 Here we are today, slaves in the land You gave to our ancestors so they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness—here we are, slaves in it!

    37 Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.

  • Lam 5:2-7
    6 verses
    80%

    2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.

    3 We have become orphans, without a father; our mothers are like widows.

    4 We must pay for the water we drink; even our wood comes at a price.

    5 We are pursued with burdens upon our necks; we are weary and find no rest.

    6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

    7 Our ancestors sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

  • Neh 5:4-5
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    4 Still others were saying, 'We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.'

    5 'Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Israelites, and our children are just like theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, and we are powerless to do anything about it, since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.'

  • Lam 5:9
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    9 We risk our lives to bring in our bread because of the sword in the wilderness.

  • Ezra 9:7
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    7 'From the days of our ancestors until now, we have been steeped in great guilt. Because of our sins, we, our kings and priests, have been handed over to the kings of the lands, to the sword, captivity, plunder, and humiliation, as it is today.'

  • Dan 9:14-15
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    14 Therefore, the LORD has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything He does, yet we have not obeyed His voice.

    15 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and made a name for Yourself that endures to this day, we have sinned and acted wickedly.

  • Lam 4:17-18
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    73%

    17 Our eyes still fail as we look in vain for help; we have watched eagerly for a nation that could not save us.

    18 Our steps were closely pursued so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near; our days were fulfilled, for our end had come.

  • Ps 106:42
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    42 Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their power.

  • Dan 9:5-6
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    5 we have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commandments and judgments.

    6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.

  • Isa 3:12
    73%

    12 My people! Children oppress you, and women rule over you. Your guides mislead you and destroy the way of your paths.

  • Hos 10:3
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    3 Now they will say, 'We have no king, for we did not fear the LORD. And as for the king, what could he do for us?

  • Deut 26:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 But the Egyptians mistreated us, oppressed us, and subjected us to harsh labor.

    7 Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and the LORD heard our voice. He saw our suffering, our toil, and our oppression.

  • Num 20:15
    72%

    15 Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Ps 12:4
    72%

    4 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks with arrogance.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

    7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • 2 Chr 29:9
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    9 This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, daughters, and wives are in captivity today.

  • Jer 14:20
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    20 We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness and the guilt of our ancestors; indeed, we have sinned against You.

  • Exod 5:16
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    16 "No straw is given to your servants, yet we are told, 'Make bricks!' Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people."

  • Isa 26:13
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    13 LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone we honor.

  • Dan 9:10
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    10 We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by following His instructions, which He gave us through His servants the prophets.

  • Ezra 9:13
    71%

    13 After everything that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and great guilt—though you, our God, have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this—

  • Dan 9:8
    71%

    8 O LORD, shame covers us—our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors—because we have sinned against You.

  • Ps 123:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until He shows us mercy.

    3 Show us mercy, O LORD, show us mercy, for we have had more than enough of scorn.

  • Isa 63:19
    71%

    19 We are yours from of old, but you have not ruled over them; they have not been called by your name. Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!

  • 1 Sam 4:8
    71%

    8 Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every kind of plague in the wilderness.

  • Ps 2:3
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    3 Let us break their chains and throw off their ropes from us.

  • Job 3:19
    71%

    19 The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his masters.

  • Lam 3:45
    71%

    45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

  • Neh 9:27
    71%

    27 So You handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them. But in their time of distress, they cried out to You, and You heard from heaven. In Your great mercy, You gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

  • Lam 1:14
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    14 My transgressions were bound into a yoke; by his hands they were fastened together. They were laid on my neck; he has made my strength fail. The Lord has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

  • Isa 42:22
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    22 But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in holes or hidden away in prisons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them; they are loot, with no one to say, 'Restore them.'

  • Ps 108:12
    71%

    12 Have you not rejected us, O God? Do you not march out with our armies, O God?

  • Lam 3:42
    71%

    42 We have transgressed and rebelled, and You have not forgiven.

  • Jer 3:24
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    24 From our youth, shame has consumed all that our ancestors worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.

  • Isa 3:5
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    5 The people will oppress one another—man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will act arrogantly toward the elderly, and the dishonored against the honored.

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