Lamentations 5:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Young men are forced to do the work of slaves; boys must carry heavy loads of wood.

Cross References

Job 31:10

then let some stranger steal my wife from me.

Exodus 1:11

The Egyptians put slave bosses in charge of the people of Israel and tried to wear them down with hard work. Those bosses forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses, where the king could store his supplies.

Exodus 11:5

and wherever he goes, the firstborn son in every family will die. Your own son will die, and so will the son of the lowest slave woman. Even the firstborn males of cattle will die.

Exodus 2:11

After Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were hard at work, and he saw an Egyptian beating one of them.

Exodus 23:5

If a donkey is overloaded and falls down, you must do what you can to help, even if it belongs to someone who doesn't like you.

Isaiah 47:2

Start grinding grain! Take off your veil. Strip off your fine clothes and cross over rivers.

Isaiah 58:6

I'll tell you what it really means to worship the LORD. Remove the chains of prisoners who are chained unjustly. Free those who are abused!

Jeremiah 7:18

Children gather firewood, their fathers build fires, and their mothers mix dough to bake bread for the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They even offer wine sacrifices to other gods, just to insult me.

Matthew 23:4

They pile heavy burdens on people's shoulders and won't lift a finger to help.

Judges 16:21

The Philistines grabbed Samson and put out his eyes. They took him to the prison in Gaza and chained him up. Then they put him to work, turning a millstone to grind grain.