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Lamentations 4:15

American Standard Version

Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here.

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Lamentations 4:15 in other translations

“Go away!” they cried to them.
“Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch!
When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations,
“They can’t live here any more.”

Lamentations 4:15 · World English Bible

Lamentations 4:15 in context

  1. 13It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
  2. 14They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
  3. 15Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here.
  4. 16The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more regard them: They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.
  5. 17Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.