Lamentations 4:15-17

Lexham English Bible

¹⁵ “Go away! Defiled!” they shout to them.
    “Go away! Go away! Do not touch!”
so they left, they left; it was said among the nations,
    “They will no longer dwell with us.”^[a]
16 The presence of Yahweh has scattered them,
    he will no longer watch over them;
they did not honor the priests,^[b]
    they did not show mercy to elders.
¹⁷ Still our eyes failed,
    looking for our help in vain;
in our watchtower, we kept watch
    for a nation that could not save.