Verse 1

So I returned{H7725}{(H8804)}, and considered{H7200}{(H8799)} all the oppressions{H6217} that are done{H6213}{(H8737)} under the sun{H8121}: and behold the tears{H1832} of such as were oppressed{H6231}{(H8803)}, and they had no comforter{H5162}{(H8764)}; and on the side{H3027} of their oppressors{H6231}{(H8802)} there was power{H3581}; but they had no comforter{H5162}{(H8764)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 3:16 : 16 And moreover I saw{H7200}{(H8804)} under the sun{H8121} the place{H4725} of judgment{H4941}, that wickedness{H7562} was there; and the place{H4725} of righteousness{H6664}, that iniquity{H7562} was there.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 If thou seest{H7200}{(H8799)} the oppression{H6233} of the poor{H7326}{(H8802)}, and violent{H1499} perverting of judgment{H4941} and justice{H6664} in a province{H4082}, marvel{H8539}{(H8799)} not at the matter{H2656}: for he that is higher{H1364} than the highest{H1364} regardeth{H8104}{(H8802)}; and there be higher{H1364} than they{H5921}.
  • Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard{H3754} of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, and the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} his pleasant{H8191} plant{H5194}: and he looked{H6960}{(H8762)} for judgment{H4941}, but behold oppression{H4939}; for righteousness{H6666}, but behold a cry{H6818}.
  • Lam 1:2 : 2 She weepeth{H1058}{(H8799)} sore{H1058}{(H8800)} in the night{H3915}, and her tears{H1832} are on her cheeks{H3895}: among all her lovers{H157}{(H8802)} she hath none to comfort{H5162}{(H8764)} her: all her friends{H7453} have dealt treacherously{H898}{(H8804)} with her, they are become her enemies{H341}{(H8802)}.
  • Lam 1:9 : 9 Her filthiness{H2932} is in her skirts{H7757}; she remembereth{H2142}{(H8804)} not her last end{H319}; therefore she came down{H3381}{(H8799)} wonderfully{H6382}: she had no comforter{H5162}{(H8764)}. O LORD{H3068}, behold{H7200}{(H8798)} my affliction{H6040}: for the enemy{H341}{(H8802)} hath magnified{H1431}{(H8689)} himself.
  • Mal 2:13 : 13 And this have ye done{H6213}{(H8799)} again{H8145}, covering{H3680}{(H8763)} the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068} with tears{H1832}, with weeping{H1065}, and with crying out{H603}, insomuch that he regardeth{H6437}{(H8800)} not the offering{H4503} any more, or receiveth{H3947}{(H8800)} it with good will{H7522} at your hand{H3027}.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126}{(H8804)} to you to judgment{H4941}; and I will be a swift{H4116}{(H8764)} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers{H3784}{(H8764)}, and against the adulterers{H5003}{(H8764)}, and against false{H8267} swearers{H7650}{(H8737)}, and against those that oppress{H6231}{(H8802)} the hireling{H7916} in his wages{H7939}, the widow{H490}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and that turn aside{H5186}{(H8688)} the stranger{H1616} from his right, and fear{H3372}{(H8804)} not me, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return{H7725}{(H8804)}, and discern{H7200}{(H8804)} between the righteous{H6662} and the wicked{H7563}, between him that serveth{H5647}{(H8802)} God{H430} and him that serveth{H5647}{(H8804)} him not.
  • Matt 26:56 : 56 But{G1161} all{G3650} this{G5124} was done{G1096}{(G5754)}, that{G2443} the scriptures{G1124} of the prophets{G4396} might be fulfilled{G4137}{(G5686)}. Then{G5119} all{G3956} the disciples{G3101} forsook{G863}{(G5631)} him{G846}, and fled{G5343}{(G5627)}.
  • 2 Tim 4:16-17 : 16 At{G1722} my{G3450} first{G4413} answer{G627} no man{G3762} stood{G4836}{(G5633)} with me{G3427}, but{G235} all{G3956} men forsook{G1459}{(G5627)} me{G3165}: I pray God that it may{G3049} not{G3361} be laid{G3049}{(G5678)} to their charge{G846}. 17 Notwithstanding{G1161} the Lord{G2962} stood{G3936}{(G5627)} with me{G3427}, and{G2532} strengthened{G1743}{(G5656)} me{G3165}; that{G2443} by{G1223} me{G1700} the preaching{G2782} might be fully known{G4135}{(G5686)}, and{G2532} that all{G3956} the Gentiles{G1484} might hear{G191}{(G5661)}: and{G2532} I was delivered{G4506}{(G5681)} out of{G1537} the mouth{G4750} of the lion{G3023}.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold{G2400}{(G5628)}, the hire{G3408} of the labourers{G2040} who{G3588} have reaped down{G270}{(G5660)} your{G5216} fields{G5561}, which{G3588} is of{G575} you{G5216} kept back by fraud{G650}{(G5772)}, crieth{G2896}{(G5719)}: and{G2532} the cries{G995} of them which have reaped{G2325}{(G5660)} are entered{G1525}{(G5754)} into{G1519} the ears{G3775} of the Lord{G2962} of sabaoth{G4519}.
  • Isa 51:23 : 23 But I will put{H7760}{(H8804)} it into the hand{H3027} of them that afflict{H3013}{(H8688)} thee; which have said{H559}{(H8804)} to thy soul{H5315}, Bow down{H7812}{(H8798)}, that we may go over{H5674}{(H8799)}: and thou hast laid{H7760}{(H8799)} thy body{H1460} as the ground{H776}, and as the street{H2351}, to them that went over{H5674}{(H8802)}.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet{H7272} run{H7323}{(H8799)} to evil{H7451}, and they make haste{H4116}{(H8762)} to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818}: their thoughts{H4284} are thoughts{H4284} of iniquity{H205}; wasting{H7701} and destruction{H7667} are in their paths{H4546}.
  • Isa 59:13-15 : 13 In transgressing{H6586}{(H8800)} and lying{H3584}{(H8763)} against the LORD{H3068}, and departing away{H5253}{(H8800)} from{H310} our God{H430}, speaking{H1696}{(H8763)} oppression{H6233} and revolt{H5627}, conceiving{H2029}{(H8780)} and uttering{H1897}{(H8774)} from the heart{H3820} words{H1697} of falsehood{H8267}. 14 And judgment{H4941} is turned away{H5253}{(H8717)} backward{H268}, and justice{H6666} standeth{H5975}{(H8799)} afar off{H7350}: for truth{H571} is fallen{H3782}{(H8804)} in the street{H7339}, and equity{H5229} cannot{H3201}{(H8799)} enter{H935}{(H8800)}. 15 Yea, truth{H571} faileth{H5737}{(H8737)}; and he that departeth{H5493}{(H8804)} from evil{H7451} maketh himself a prey{H7997}{(H8711)}: and the LORD{H3068} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} it, and it displeased{H3415}{(H8799)}{H5869} him that there was no judgment{H4941}.
  • Eccl 7:7 : 7 Surely oppression{H6233} maketh a wise man{H2450} mad{H1984}{(H8779)}; and a gift{H4979} destroyeth{H6}{(H8762)} the heart{H3820}.
  • Exod 1:13-14 : 13 And the Egyptians{H4714} made{H5647} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} to serve{H5647}{(H8686)} with rigour{H6531}: 14 And they made{H4843} their lives{H2416} bitter{H4843}{(H8762)} with hard{H7186} bondage{H5656}, in morter{H2563}, and in brick{H3843}, and in all manner of service{H5656} in the field{H7704}: all their service{H5656}, wherein they made them serve{H5647}{(H8804)}, was with rigour{H6531}.
  • Exod 1:16 : 16 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, When ye do the office of a midwife{H3205}{(H8763)} to the Hebrew women{H5680}, and see{H7200}{(H8804)} them upon the stools{H70}; if it be a son{H1121}, then ye shall kill{H4191}{(H8689)} him: but if it be a daughter{H1323}, then she shall live{H2425}{(H8804)}.
  • Exod 1:22 : 22 And Pharaoh{H6547} charged{H6680}{(H8762)} all his people{H5971}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Every son{H1121} that is born{H3209} ye shall cast{H7993}{(H8686)} into the river{H2975}, and every daughter{H1323} ye shall save alive{H2421}{(H8762)}.
  • Exod 2:23-24 : 23 And it came to pass in process{H1992}{H7227} of time{H3117}, that the king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} died{H4191}{(H8799)}: and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} sighed{H584}{(H8735)} by reason of{H4480} the bondage{H5656}, and they cried{H2199}{(H8799)}, and their cry{H7775} came up{H5927}{(H8799)} unto God{H430} by reason of the bondage{H5656}. 24 And God{H430} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} their groaning{H5009}, and God{H430} remembered{H2142}{(H8799)} his covenant{H1285} with Abraham{H85}, with Isaac{H3327}, and with Jacob{H3290}.
  • Exod 5:16-19 : 16 There is no straw{H8401} given{H5414}{(H8737)} unto thy servants{H5650}, and they say{H559}{(H8802)} to us, Make{H6213}{(H8798)} brick{H3843}: and, behold, thy servants{H5650} are beaten{H5221}{(H8716)}; but the fault{H2398}{(H8804)} is in thine own people{H5971}. 17 But he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Ye are idle{H7503}{(H8737)}, ye are idle{H7503}{(H8737)}: therefore ye say{H559}{(H8802)}, Let us go{H3212}{(H8799)} and do sacrifice{H2076}{(H8799)} to the LORD{H3068}. 18 Go{H3212}{(H8798)} therefore now, and work{H5647}{(H8798)}; for there shall no straw{H8401} be given{H5414}{(H8735)} you, yet shall ye deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} the tale{H8506} of bricks{H3843}. 19 And the officers{H7860}{(H8802)} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did see{H7200}{(H8799)} that they were in evil{H7451} case, after it was said{H559}{(H8800)}, Ye shall not minish{H1639}{(H8799)} ought from your bricks{H3843} of your daily{H3117}{H3117} task{H1697}.
  • Deut 28:33 : 33 The fruit{H6529} of thy land{H127}, and all thy labours{H3018}, shall a nation{H5971} which thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} not eat up{H398}{(H8799)}; and thou shalt be only oppressed{H6231}{(H8803)} and crushed{H7533}{(H8803)} alway{H3117}:
  • Deut 28:48 : 48 Therefore shalt thou serve{H5647}{(H8804)} thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} which the LORD{H3068} shall send{H7971}{(H8762)} against thee, in hunger{H7458}, and in thirst{H6772}, and in nakedness{H5903}, and in want{H2640} of all things: and he shall put{H5414}{(H8804)} a yoke{H5923} of iron{H1270} upon thy neck{H6677}, until he have destroyed{H8045}{(H8687)} thee.
  • Judg 4:3 : 3 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} cried{H6817}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}: for he had nine{H8672} hundred{H3967} chariots{H7393} of iron{H1270}; and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} he mightily{H2394} oppressed{H3905}{(H8804)} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Judg 10:7-8 : 7 And the anger{H639} of the LORD{H3068} was hot{H2734}{(H8799)} against Israel{H3478}, and he sold{H4376}{(H8799)} them into the hands{H3027} of the Philistines{H6430}, and into the hands{H3027} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}. 8 And that year{H8141} they vexed{H7492}{(H8799)} and oppressed{H7533}{(H8779)} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: eighteen{H8083}{H6240} years{H8141}, all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} that were on the other side{H5676} Jordan{H3383} in the land{H776} of the Amorites{H567}, which is in Gilead{H1568}.
  • Neh 5:1-5 : 1 And there was a great{H1419} cry{H6818} of the people{H5971} and of their wives{H802} against their brethren{H251} the Jews{H3064}. 2 For there were{H3426} that said{H559}{(H8802)}, We, our sons{H1121}, and our daughters{H1323}, are many{H7227}: therefore we take up{H3947}{(H8799)} corn{H1715} for them, that we may eat{H398}{(H8799)}, and live{H2421}{(H8799)}. 3 Some also there were{H3426} that said{H559}{(H8802)}, We have mortgaged{H6148}{(H8802)} our lands{H7704}, vineyards{H3754}, and houses{H1004}, that we might buy{H3947}{(H8799)} corn{H1715}, because of the dearth{H7458}. 4 There were{H3426} also that said{H559}{(H8802)}, We have borrowed{H3867}{(H8804)} money{H3701} for the king's{H4428} tribute{H4060}, and that upon our lands{H7704} and vineyards{H3754}. 5 Yet now our flesh{H1320} is as the flesh{H1320} of our brethren{H251}, our children{H1121} as their children{H1121}: and, lo, we bring into bondage{H3533}{(H8802)} our sons{H1121} and our daughters{H1323} to be servants{H5650}, and some of our daughters{H1323} are{H3426} brought unto bondage{H3533}{(H8737)} already: neither is it in our power{H410}{H3027} to redeem them; for other men{H312} have our lands{H7704} and vineyards{H3754}.
  • Job 6:29 : 29 Return{H7725}{(H8798)}, I pray you, let it not be iniquity{H5766}; yea, return again{H7725}{(H8798)}, my righteousness{H6664} is in it.
  • Job 16:4 : 4 I also could speak{H1696}{(H8762)} as ye do: if{H3863} your soul{H5315} were{H3426} in my soul's{H5315} stead, I could heap up{H2266}{(H8686)} words{H4405} against you, and shake{H5128}{(H8686)} mine head{H7218} at{H1119} you.
  • Job 19:21-22 : 21 Have pity{H2603}{(H8798)} upon me, have pity{H2603}{(H8798)} upon me, O ye my friends{H7453}; for the hand{H3027} of God{H433} hath touched{H5060}{(H8804)} me. 22 Why do ye persecute{H7291}{(H8799)} me as God{H410}, and are not satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)} with my flesh{H1320}?
  • Job 24:7-9 : 7 They cause the naked{H6174} to lodge{H3885}{(H8686)} without clothing{H3830}, that they have no covering{H3682} in the cold{H7135}. 8 They are wet{H7372}{(H8799)} with the showers{H2230} of the mountains{H2022}, and embrace{H2263}{(H8765)} the rock{H6697} for want of a shelter{H4268}. 9 They pluck{H1497}{(H8799)} the fatherless{H3490} from the breast{H7699}, and take a pledge{H2254}{(H8799)} of the poor{H6041}. 10 They cause him to go{H1980}{(H8765)} naked{H6174} without clothing{H3830}, and they take away{H5375}{(H8804)} the sheaf{H6016} from the hungry{H7457}; 11 Which make oil{H6671}{(H8686)} within{H996} their walls{H7791}, and tread{H1869}{(H8804)} their winepresses{H3342}, and suffer thirst{H6770}{(H8799)}. 12 Men{H4962} groan{H5008}{(H8799)} from out of the city{H5892}, and the soul{H5315} of the wounded{H2491} crieth out{H7768}{(H8762)}: yet God{H433} layeth{H7760}{(H8799)} not folly{H8604} to them.
  • Job 35:9 : 9 By reason of the multitude{H7230} of oppressions{H6217} they make the oppressed to cry{H2199}{(H8686)}: they cry out{H7768}{(H8762)} by reason of the arm{H2220} of the mighty{H7227}.
  • Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lieth in wait{H693}{(H8799)} secretly{H4565} as a lion{H738} in his den{H5520}: he lieth in wait{H693}{(H8799)} to catch{H2414}{(H8800)} the poor{H6041}: he doth catch{H2414}{(H8799)} the poor{H6041}, when he draweth{H4900}{(H8800)} him into his net{H7568}. 10 He croucheth{H1794}{(H8799)}, and humbleth{H7817}{(H8799)} himself, that the poor{H2426}{(H8675)}{H2489}{(H8676)}{H2489} may fall{H5307}{(H8804)} by his strong ones{H6099}.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 For the oppression{H7701} of the poor{H6041}, for the sighing{H603} of the needy{H34}, now will I arise{H6965}{(H8799)}, saith{H559}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}; I will set{H7896}{(H8799)} him in safety{H3468} from him that puffeth{H6315}{(H8686)} at him.
  • Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears{H1832} have been my meat{H3899} day{H3119} and night{H3915}, while they continually{H3117} say{H559}{H8800)} unto me, Where is thy God{H430}?
  • Ps 42:9 : 9 I will say{H559}{H8799)} unto God{H410} my rock{H5553}, Why hast thou forgotten{H7911}{H8804)} me? why go{H3212}{H8799)} I mourning{H6937}{H8802)} because of the oppression{H3906} of the enemy{H341}{H8802)}?
  • Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach{H2781} hath broken{H7665}{H8804)} my heart{H3820}; and I am full of heaviness{H5136}{H8799)}: and I looked{H6960}{H8762)} for some to take pity{H5110}{H8800)}, but there was none; and for comforters{H5162}{H8764)}, but I found{H4672}{H8804)} none.
  • Ps 80:5 : 5 Thou feedest{H398}{H8689)} them with the bread{H3899} of tears{H1832}; and givest them tears{H1832} to drink{H8248}{H8686)} in great measure{H7991}.
  • Ps 102:8-9 : 8 Mine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} reproach{H2778}{(H8765)} me all the day{H3117}; and they that are mad{H1984}{(H8781)} against me are sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} against me. 9 For I have eaten{H398}{(H8804)} ashes{H665} like bread{H3899}, and mingled{H4537}{(H8804)} my drink{H8249} with weeping{H1065},
  • Ps 142:4 : 4 I looked{H5027}{(H8685)} on my right hand{H3225}, and beheld{H7200}{(H8798)}, but there was no man that would know{H5234}{(H8688)} me: refuge{H4498} failed{H6}{(H8804)} me; no man cared{H1875}{(H8802)} for my soul{H5315}.
  • Prov 19:7 : 7 All the brethren{H251} of the poor{H7326}{(H8802)} do hate{H8130}{(H8804)} him: how much more do his friends{H4828} go far{H7368}{(H8804)} from him? he pursueth{H7291}{(H8764)} them with words{H561}, yet they are wanting to him.
  • Prov 28:3 : 3 A poor{H7326}{(H8802)} man{H1397} that oppresseth{H6231}{(H8802)} the poor{H1800} is like a sweeping{H5502}{(H8802)} rain{H4306} which leaveth no food{H3899}.
  • Prov 28:15-16 : 15 As a roaring{H5098}{(H8802)} lion{H738}, and a ranging{H8264}{(H8802)} bear{H1677}; so is a wicked{H7563} ruler{H4910}{(H8802)} over the poor{H1800} people{H5971}. 16 The prince{H5057} that wanteth{H2638} understanding{H8394} is also a great{H7227} oppressor{H4642}: but he that hateth{H8130}{(H8802)} covetousness{H1215} shall prolong{H748}{(H8686)} his days{H3117}.