Lamentations 3:45
in Lamentations 3You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
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ASV
Thou hast made us an offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
KJV
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
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This verse in Lamentations 3
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. Had given them up into the hands of the Gentiles, the Chaldeans, to be treated as the dirt of the streets, as the sweepings of a house; or the dross of metal; or anything that is vile, mean, and contemptible. The apostle seems to have some reference to this passage; and his words may be an illustration of it, 1Co 4:13.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
So: "Thou hast wrapped thyself with anger and pursued us." That is, first by diverse tribulations. And finally: "slaying without pity." For, Proverbs 6:34 claims: "For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge." Second, is a refusal from …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
): " Thou hast made us as the off-scouring, or scrapings, of the first floor, which are thrown to the dunghill." This St. Paul refers to in his account of the sufferings of the apostles. 13 , We are made as the filth of the world and are the off-scouring of all things.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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," Ps 10:11;
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The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| סְחִ֧י | sechi | scouring | H5501 → | |
| וּמָא֛וֹס | umaos | and refuse | H3973 → | |
| תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ | tesimenu | you have made us | H7760 → | |
| בְּקֶ֥רֶב | bekerev | in [the] midst of | H7130 → | 227 times |
| הָעַמִּֽים׃ ס | haamim | the peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
סְחִ֧יscouring
sechiH5501 →
וּמָא֛וֹסand refuse
umaosH3973 →
תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּyou have made us
tesimenuH7760 →
בְּקֶ֥רֶבin [the] midst of
bekerevH7130 →227 times
הָעַמִּֽים׃ סthe peoples
haamimH5971 →1873 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
- 1 Kings 9:7–8
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an…
- Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of…
- Psalms 44:13–14
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Jeremiah 25:9
Through
Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
- Psalms 48:2
Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
- Jeremiah 18:16
Through
Deuteronomy 28:44He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:12–13
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow…
- Deuteronomy 28:12–13
Where this verse is studied
About Lamentations
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.