Lamentations 3:45

45 Samech Thou hast made us as the offscouring and abomination in the midst of the peoples.

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 Samech Thou hast unfurled anger and persecuted us; thou hast slain, thou hast not forgiven.

44 Samech Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud that our prayer should not pass through.

45 Samech Thou hast made us as the offscouring and abomination in the midst of the peoples.

46 Pe All our enemies have opened their mouths upon us.

47 Pe Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.