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13 Because of the sins of her prophets,
    the guilt of her priests,
who shed blood in her midst,
    of righteous people.
14 They wander blindly in the streets;
    they were defiled with the blood,
their clothes
    could not be touched.
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]

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:15 Literally “They will no longer be here as aliens”

13 But it happened because of the sins of her prophets
    and the iniquities of her priests,(A)
who shed within her
    the blood(B) of the righteous.

14 Now they grope through the streets
    as if they were blind.(C)
They are so defiled with blood(D)
    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(E) about,
    people among the nations say,
    “They can stay here no longer.”(F)

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