Lamentations 3:45 expresses that the people have become scum and garbage among the nations.
What follows this expression is developed further. In Lamentations 3:46, the writer states that the enemies have spoken harmful words against them. Then he sums up what has befallen them, namely panic,
pitfall,
devastation and destruction
(Lamentations 3:47).1
46 Ils ouvrent la bouche contre nous, Tous ceux qui sont nos ennemis.