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 shrouded yourself with anger and then pursued us; you killed without mercy. 44You shrouded yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through. You make us like filthy scum in the estimation of the nations. פ (Pe) 46All our enemies have gloated over 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• the offscouringסְחִיsechîy · offscouringH5501
• and refuseמָאוֹסmâ'ôs · refuseH3973
• in the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:45

• Lamentations 3:14I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.
• Lamentations 2:15All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. “Ha! Is this the city they called ‘The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!’?” פ (Pe)
• Lamentations 4:14They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments. ס (Samek)
• Deuteronomy 28:13The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do.
• 1 Corinthians 4:13when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

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