Ekhah 4:15-17

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁵ They cried unto them, Go away; tamei (unclean)! Depart, depart, touch not; so they fled away and wandered. They said among the Goyim, They shall no more sojourn there.

¹⁶ The anger of Hashem hath scattered them; He will no more regard them; they respected not the persons of the Kohanim; they showed no favor to the Zekenim.

¹⁷ As for us, our eyes failed looking in vain for ezratenu (our help); from our towers we have watched for a nation that could not save us.