Lamentations 4:15-17

World English Bible

¹⁵ “Go away!” they cried to them.
    “Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch!
When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations,
    “They can’t live here any more.”

¹⁶ Yahweh’s anger has scattered them.
    He will not pay attention to them any more.
They didn’t respect the persons of the priests.
    They didn’t favor the elders.

¹⁷ Our eyes still fail,
    looking in vain for our help.
    In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.