Lamentations 4:15-17

New American Standard Bible

¹⁵ “Keep away! ^(A)Unclean!” ^[a]they cried out of themselves.
“Keep away, keep away, do not touch!”
For they ^(B)distanced themselves as well as wandered;
People among the nations said,
“They shall not continue to reside with us.”
¹⁶ The presence of the Lord has scattered them,
He will not continue to look at them;
They did not ^[b](C)honor the priests,
They did not favor the elders.
¹⁷ Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for ^[c]help was ^(D)useless;
At our observation point we have watched
For a ^(E)nation that could not save.