Lamentations 3:45

Lamentations 3:45 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
• New International Version (NIV)You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have made us scum and garbage among the peoples.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.

Context of Lamentations 3:45

43You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity. 44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through. You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. 46All our enemies open their mouths against us. 47Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.

Lamentations 3:45 word by word

סְחִ֧י וּמָא֛וֹס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

• You have made usשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• scumסְחִיsechîy · offscouringH5501
• and refuseמָאוֹסmâ'ôs · refuseH3973
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• the nationsעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:45

• Lamentations 3:14I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
• Lamentations 4:14They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
• Deuteronomy 28:13The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
• 1 Corinthians 4:13when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:45

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45Omit “as.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-66In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 43-4543-45. covered--namely, thyself (so La 3:44), so as not to see and pity our calamities, for even the most cruel in seeing a sad spectacle are moved to pity. Compare as to God "hiding His face," Psa 10:11; 22:25.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Chain
• Derision
• Grieve
• Imagination
• Offscouring
• Poetry
• Acrostic
• Alphabet
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew

Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings