Lamentations 5:8

Conservative English Version

Slaves are now our rulers, and there is no one to set us free.

Cross References

Genesis 9:25

he said, "I now put a curse on Canaan! He will be the lowest slave of his brothers.

Nehemiah 2:19

When Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard about our plans, they started insulting us and saying, "Just look at you! Do you plan to rebuild the walls of the city and rebel against the king?"

Nehemiah 5:15

Each governor before me had been a burden to the people by making them pay for his food and wine and by demanding forty silver coins a day. Even their officials had been a burden to the people. But I respected God, and I didn't think it was right to be so hard on them.

Job 10:7

You know I am innocent, but who can defend me against you?

Job 5:4

and leaving their children helpless in court.

Psalm 50:22

You have ignored me! So pay close attention or I will tear you apart, and no one can help you.

Psalm 7:2

Or else they will rip me apart like lions attacking a victim, and no one will save me.

Proverbs 30:22

A slave who becomes king, a fool who eats too much,

Isaiah 43:13

I am God now and forever. No one can snatch you from me or stand in my way.

Hosea 2:10

Then I'll strip her naked in the sight of her lovers. No one can rescue her.

Zechariah 11:6

Tend those sheep because I, the LORD, will no longer have pity on the people of this earth. I'll turn neighbor against neighbor and make them slaves of a king. They will bring disaster on the earth, and I'll do nothing to rescue any of them.

Deuteronomy 28:43

Foreigners in your towns will become wealthy and powerful, while you become poor and powerless.