Lamentations 3:45

45 and be cast off. AIN. Thou hast set us in the midst of 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 SAMECH. Thou has visited in wrath, and driven us away: thou has slain, thou has not pitied.

44 Thou hast veiled thyself with a cloud because of prayer, that I might be blind,

45 and be cast off. AIN. Thou hast set us in the midst of the nations.

46 All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.

47 Fear and wrath are come upon us, suspense and destruction.