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Lamentations 3:45
45You let people from other countries think bad things about us. They think that we have no value. We are like things that nobody can use any longer.
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 hidden yourself from us because you are angry. You have followed us so that you could kill us. You were not sorry about it. 44You have hidden from us in a cloud. So you do not listen to us when we talk to you. You let people from other countries think bad things about us. They think that we have no value. We are like things that nobody can use any longer. 46All our enemies have insulted us. 47We have become afraid of them. They have caught us and they have destroyed us and our things.’
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:45 word by word
סְחִ֧י וּמָא֛וֹס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:45
- Lamentations 3:14All the people see me and laugh. They even sing silly songs about me all the time.
- Lamentations 2:15Everyone who goes by laughs at you. They are happy because you are sad. They see how the enemy has destroyed everything in Jerusalem. ‘Surely this cannot be the city that men called most beautiful,’ they say. ‘People have said that this city is the best city on earth.’
- Lamentations 4:14Those leaders walked in the streets like men who cannot see. There was blood on their clothes and everybody was afraid to touch them.
- Deuteronomy 28:13The Lord will make you the leaders of other people. You will not have to follow at the back. You will become more powerful, not weaker. But you must obey the commands of the Lord your God. I am telling you today, you must be very careful to do that.
- 1 Corinthians 4:13When people say bad things against us, we answer with kind words. We have become like dirty things that people throw away. That is still true, even today.
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
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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
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