Lamentations 5:13

God's Word

⌞Our⌟ young men work at the mill, and ⌞our⌟ boys stagger under loads of wood.

Cross References

Judges 16:21

The Philistines grabbed him. They poked out his eyes and took him to the prison in Gaza. They tied him up with double chains and made him grind grain in the mill there.

Matthew 23:4

They make loads that are hard to carry and lay them on the shoulders of the people. However, they are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

Isaiah 58:6

This is the kind of fasting I have chosen: Loosen the chains of wickedness, untie the straps of the yoke, let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke.

Isaiah 47:2

Take millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil. Take off your skirt. Uncover your legs, and cross the river.

Job 31:10

⌞then⌟ let my wife grind for another ⌞man⌟, and let other ⌞men⌟ kneel over her.

Exodus 23:5

Whenever you see that the donkey of someone who hates you has collapsed under its load, don’t leave it there. Be sure to help him with his animal.

Exodus 11:5

Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who rules the land, to the firstborn children of female slaves who use their handmills, including every firstborn domestic animal.

Exodus 2:11

In the course of time Moses grew up. Then he went to ⌞see⌟ his own people and watched them suffering under forced labor. He saw a Hebrew, one of his own people, being beaten by an Egyptian.

Exodus 1:11

So the Egyptians put slave drivers in charge of them in order to oppress them through forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.

Jeremiah 7:18

Children gather wood, fathers light fires, and women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven. They pour out wine offerings to other gods in order to make me furious.