Lamentations 3:45
Thou hast made us as the offscouring 1 and refuse among the amim. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
In Context
44Thou hast covered Thyself with an anan, 1 that our tefillah not pass through. 1
46Kol oyveinu (all our enemies) 1 have opened their mouths against us. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an object of horror, a mashal, and a byword, among kol haGoyim whither Hashem shall lead thee.
Lamentations 2:15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; 1 they hiss and wag their head at Bat Yerushalayim, 1 saying: Is this the Ir that men call 1 Kelilat Yofi Masos L'Khol HaAretz 1 (perfection in beauty, the joy of the whole earth)? 1
Lamentations 4:14They have groped about like ivrim (blind men) in the streets; 1 they have defiled themselves with dahm, 1 so that men dare not touch their garments. 1
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:43-55
Complaining to God. ( b. c. 588.) 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of… Read the whole commentary →