Lamentations 3:45

45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

Lamentations 3:45 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:45

Thou 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, ( 1 Corinthians 4:13 ) .

Lamentations 3:45 In-Context

43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.

44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

46 All our enemies open their mouths against us.

47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.