Lamentations 3:45
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.
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
- KJV
- Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
- WEB
- You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.
- ASV
- Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
- DARBY
- Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
- BLB
- You have made us offscouring and refuse in the midst of the nations.
- ÅB
- Til skarn og utskudd gjorde du oss midt iblant folkene.
- OTB
- Du har gjort oss til skum og avfall blant folkene.
- B1930
- Til skarn og utskudd gjorde du oss midt iblandt folkene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 4:13
when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
Read in contextLamentations 4:14–15
They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:44
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:37
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
Read in contextLamentations 3:14
I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:13
The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
Read in contextLamentations 2:15
All 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 joy of all the earth?”
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