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

Context of Lamentations 3:45

43You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied. 44You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through. You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples. 46All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us. 47Fear and a snare have come upon us, Desolation 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 ridicule of all my people— Their taunting song all the day.
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that is called ‘The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth’?”
• Lamentations 4:14They wandered blind in the streets; They have defiled themselves with blood, So that no one would touch their garments.
• Deuteronomy 28:13And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
• 1 Corinthians 4:13being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until 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