English Standard Version
Lamentations 3:45
45You have made us scum and garbage among the peoples.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have discarded us as refuse and garbage among the nations.
Context of Lamentations 3:45
43"You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us, killing without pity; 44you have wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. You have made us scum and garbage among the peoples. 46"All our enemies open their mouths against us; 47panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction;
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 3:14I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long.
- Lamentations 2:15All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag 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, through the streets; they were so defiled with blood that no one was able to touch their garments.
- Deuteronomy 28:13And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,
- 1 Corinthians 4:13when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.
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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