Lamentations 3:45
You have made us like filthy scum and refuse among the nations. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
In Context
44You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37You will become a source of horror, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh will lead you away.
Lamentations 2:15All those who pass along the road clap their hands at you. 1 They hiss and shake their heads against the daughter of Jerusalem and say, 1 “Is this the city that they called 'The Perfection of Beauty,' 'The Joy for All of Earth'?” 1
Lamentations 4:14They wandered, blind, through the streets. 1 They were so defiled by that blood that no one was allowed to touch their clothes. 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 →