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Commentary for Lamentations 3:45

סְחִ֧י וּמָא֛וֹס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃ (ס)

Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.

Rashi on Lamentations

Spittle, abominable. This is mucus; in the language of the Mishnah, “his phlegm and his mucus,”34Maseches Bava Kama 3b. which is drawn out through the lungs and emitted through the throat.
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Rashi on Lamentations

You made us. This is in the present tense.
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