The Meaning of Lamentations 3:45 Explained

Lamentations 3:45

KJV: Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

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

Darby: Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

ASV: Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou hast made  us [as] the offscouring  and refuse  in the midst  of the people. 

What does Lamentations 3:45 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:45 mean?

An offscouring and refuse You have made us in the midst of the peoples -
סְחִ֧י וּמָא֛וֹס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים ס

סְחִ֧י  An  offscouring 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: סְחִי  
Sense: offscourings.
וּמָא֛וֹס  and  refuse 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָאֹוס  
Sense: refuse, trash.
תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ  You  have  made  us 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, first person common plural
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
בְּקֶ֥רֶב  in  the  midst 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֶרֶב  
Sense: midst, among, inner part, middle.
הָעַמִּֽים  of  the  peoples 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation