15 “Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them.
    “Away! Away! Don’t touch us!”
When they flee and wander(A) about,
    people among the nations say,
    “They can stay here no longer.”(B)

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15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

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15 They cried out to them,
“Go away, (A)unclean!
Go away, go away,
Do not touch us!”
When they fled and wandered,
Those among the nations said,
“They shall no longer dwell here.

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16 The Lord himself has scattered them;
    he no longer watches over them.(A)
The priests are shown no honor,
    the elders(B) no favor.(C)

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16 The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

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16 The [a]face of the Lord scattered them;
He no longer regards them.
(A)The people do not respect the priests
Nor show favor to the elders.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:16 Tg. anger