Lamentations 3:45

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You have made us like waste and that for which there is no use, among the peoples.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 4:13 : 13 When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.
  • Deut 28:13 : 13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;
  • Deut 28:37 : 37 And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.
  • Deut 28:44 : 44 He will let you have his wealth at interest, and will have no need of yours: he will be the head and you the tail.
  • Lam 2:15 : 15 All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?
  • Lam 3:14 : 14 I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.
  • Lam 4:14-15 : 14 They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men. 15 Away! unclean! they were crying out to them, Away! away! let there be no touching: when they went away in flight and wandering, men said among the nations, There is no further resting-place for them.

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