Lamentations 4:14-16

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁴ My people staggered blindly through the streets.
They were so contaminated with bloodstains
that no one would touch their clothes.
¹⁵ ‘Get away! You’re unclean,’ ^[a] people yelled at them.
‘Get away! Get away! Don’t touch anyone.’
When they fled and wandered around,
the people of the nations said, ‘They can’t stay here any longer.’
¹⁶ The Lord himself has scattered them.
He will no longer look favorably on them.
They no longer respected the priests,
nor did they honor their older leaders.”