Lamentations 3:45

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

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Lamentations 3:45 in Other Translations

KJV

45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

ESV

45 You have made us scum and garbage among the peoples.

NLT

45 You have discarded us as refuse and garbage among the nations.

MSG

45 You treated us like dirty dishwater, threw us out in the backyard of the nations.

CSB

45 You have made us disgusting filth among 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 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Lamentations 3:45 In-Context

43 “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.

44 You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.

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

46 “All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.

47 We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction.”

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1. 1 Corinthians 4:13

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