To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
"To crush under foot ... the prisoners"  (Lamentations 3:34).  "This refers to the harsh cruelties of the Babylonians."[30]  The purpose of this being mentioned here is to indicate God's disapproval of men's atrocities.  "We have here a short catalogue of the oppressions visited upon God's people by their conquerors."[31]  The word that applies to all of these things is, "The Lord approveth not"  (Lamentations 3:36).