You make us like filthy scum ¹  in the estimation ²  of the nations.

biblegateway Lam 3:45

You have made us mere offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.

You have made us disgusting filth among the peoples.

You made us the scum and trash of the nations.

biblegateway Lam 3:45

You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

You have made us scum and garbage among the peoples.

bibleoremus Lam 3:45

You have made us filth and rubbish among the peoples.

you have treated us as scum and refuse among the nations.

biblegateway Lam 3:45

You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.

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

biblegateway Lam 3:45

You make us like filthy scum ¹  in the estimation ²  of the nations.

¹ tn Heb “offscouring and refuse.” The two nouns סְחִי וּמָאוֹס (sÿkhi uma’os) probably form a nominal hendiadys, in which the first noun functions as an adjective and the second retains its full nominal sense: “filthy refuse,” i.e., “filthy scum.”

² tn Heb “in the midst of.”