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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You have discarded us as refuse and garbage among the nations.

Context of Lamentations 3:45

43“You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity. 44You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through. You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. 46“All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us. 47We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin 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 became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass your way clap their hands at you; they scoff and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?”
• Lamentations 4:14Now they grope through the streets as if they were blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments.
• Deuteronomy 28:13The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.
• 1 Corinthians 4:13when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment.

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