You have made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
All Commentaries on Lamentations 3:45 Go To Lamentations 3
Thomas Aquinas
AD 1274
Third, the dispersion of persons is exposed: "Thou hast made us offscouring and refuse among the peoples." Namely, like eradicating persons from a firm protection. So, Wisdom 4:4 declares: "and by the violence of the winds they will be uprooted."