Lamentations 4:15-19
Lamentations 4:15
“Keep away! Unclean!” they cried out of themselves. “Keep away, keep away, do not touch!” For they distanced themselves as well as wandered; People among the nations said, “They shall not continue to reside with us.”
Lamentations 4:16
The presence of the Lord has scattered them, He will not continue to look at them; They did not honor the priests, They did not favor the elders.
Lamentations 4:17
Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; At our observation point we have watched For a nation that could not save.
Lamentations 4:18
They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.
Lamentations 4:19
Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.