Psalm 94:5

O Lord, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.

Isaiah 3:15

Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?" The sovereign Lord who commands armies has spoken.

Exodus 2:23-24

During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.

Psalm 7:2

Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

Psalm 14:4

All those who behave wickedly do not understand -- those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord.

Psalm 44:22

Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.

Psalm 74:8

They say to themselves, "We will oppress all of them." They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.

Psalm 74:19-20

Do not hand the life of your dove over to a wild animal! Do not continue to disregard the lives of your oppressed people!

Psalm 79:2-3

They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 79:7

For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.

Psalm 129:2-3

"Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me.

Isaiah 52:5

And now, what do we have here?" says the Lord. "Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt," says the Lord, "and my name is constantly slandered all day long.

Jeremiah 22:17

But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

Jeremiah 50:11

"People of Babylonia, you plundered my people. That made you happy and glad. You frolic about like calves in a pasture. Your joyous sounds are like the neighs of a stallion.

Jeremiah 51:20-23

"Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.

Jeremiah 51:34

"King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out."

Micah 3:2-3

yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones.

Revelation 11:3

And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

Bible References

Afflict

Exodus 2:23
During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.
Jeremiah 50:11
"People of Babylonia, you plundered my people. That made you happy and glad. You frolic about like calves in a pasture. Your joyous sounds are like the neighs of a stallion.
Revelation 11:3
And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.

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