Lamentations 3:34

ל (Lamed) To crush underfoot all the earth’s prisoners, ¹ 

Ps 69:33; Ps 79:11; Ps 102:20; Isa 14:17; Isa 49:9; Isa 51:22,23; Jer 50:17,33,34; Jer 51:33-36; Zec 9:11,12

¹ tn Heb “prisoners of earth/land.” The term ארצ may refer to (1) the earth or (2) a country or (3) the promised land in particular (as well as other referents). “Earth” is chosen here since the context presents God’s general principles in dealing with humanity. Given the historical circumstances, however, prisoners from the land of Israel are certainly in the background.