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15 “Away! Unclean!” people shouted at them;
    “Away! Away! Do not touch!”
So they became fugitives and wanderers;
    it was said among the nations,
    “They shall stay here no longer.”(A)

16 The Lord himself has scattered them;
    he will regard them no more;
no honor was shown to the priests,
    no favor to the elders.(B)

17 Our eyes failed, ever watching
    vainly for help;
we were watching eagerly
    for a nation that could not save.(C)

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