Lamentations 3:45

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 4:13 : 13 being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become -- of all things an offscouring -- till now.
  • Deut 28:13 : 13 `And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do,
  • Deut 28:37 : 37 and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.
  • Deut 28:44 : 44 he doth lend `to' thee, and thou dost not lend `to' him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.
  • Lam 2:15 : 15 Clapped hands at thee have all passing by the way, They have hissed -- and they shake the head At the daughter of Jerusalem: `Is this the city of which they said: The perfection of beauty, a joy to all the land?'
  • Lam 3:14 : 14 I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
  • Lam 4:14-15 : 14 They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without `any' being able to touch their clothing, 15 `Turn aside -- unclean,' they called to them, `Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,' For they fled -- yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: `They do not add to sojourn.'

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    9In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

    10Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

    11Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

    12Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

    13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

    14Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

    15All the day my confusion `is' before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.

    16Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

    17All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

  • 22For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us -- exceedingly?

  • Lam 3:42-44
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    42We -- we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou -- Thou hast not forgiven.

    43Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain -- Thou hast not pitied.

    44Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.

  • 1To the Overseer. -- `Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt -- twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us -- hadst been angry! -- Thou dost turn back to us.

  • 3Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!

  • 13being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become -- of all things an offscouring -- till now.

  • 46Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.

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    3Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt,

    4Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!

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  • 19But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

  • 6Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.

  • Ps 44:24-25
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    24Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

    25For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

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    38And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,

    39Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,

  • Isa 64:6-7
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    6And we are as unclean -- all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf -- all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.

    7And there is none calling in Thy name, Stirring up himself to lay hold on Thee, For Thou hast hid Thy face from us, And thou meltest us away by our iniquities.

  • 19Casting me into mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

  • 15For, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.

  • 1An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.

  • 1Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.

  • 44Hast caused `him' to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.

  • 6And I `am' a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.

  • 7`To Thee, O Lord, `is' the righteousness, and to us the shame of face, as `at' this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, in all the lands whither Thou hast driven them, in their trespass that they have trespassed against Thee.

  • 10From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.

  • 3From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.

  • 3Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions -- Thou dost cover them.

  • 7For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

  • 13Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: `What have we spoken against Thee?'

  • 6And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

  • 20We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee.

  • 20Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

  • 33and Thou `art' righteous concerning all that hath come upon us, for truth Thou hast done, and we have done wickedly;

  • 8Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

  • 9And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.

  • 15`O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteous `art' Thou, for we have been left an escape, as `it is' this day; lo, we `are' before Thee in our guilt, for there is none to stand before Thee concerning this.'

  • 17And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.

  • 2For thou `art' the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

  • 2Lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised `art' thou exceedingly.