Lamentations 4:14-16

New International Version - UK

¹⁴ Now they grope through the streets
    as if they were blind.
They are so defiled with blood
    that no one dares to touch their garments.

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

¹⁶ The Lord himself has scattered them;
    he no longer watches over them.
The priests are shown no honour,
    the elders no favour.