Verse 15
Lamentations 4:15
World Messianic 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.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
ס֣וּרוּ טָמֵ֞א קָ֣רְאוּ לָ֗/מוֹ ס֤וּרוּ ס֨וּרוּ֙ אַל תִּגָּ֔עוּ כִּ֥י נָצ֖וּ גַּם נָ֑עוּ אָֽמְרוּ֙ בַּ/גּוֹיִ֔ם לֹ֥א יוֹסִ֖יפוּ לָ/גֽוּר
English Translation
Turn away, impure ones; call out to them, "Turn away, turn away! Do not touch, for they have also fled." They said among the nations, "They will not continue to dwell."
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Chapter 4 Context
1
How the gold has become dim!
The most pure gold has changed!
The stones of the sanctuary are poured...
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2
The precious sons of Zion,
comparable to fine gold,
how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers,
the w...
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3
Even the jackals offer their breast.
They nurse their young ones.
But the daughter of my people has...
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4
The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst.
The young children ask b...
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5
Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets.
Those who were brought up in purple embrace du...
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6
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom,
which was overthrown...
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7
Her nobles were purer than snow.
They were whiter than milk.
They were more ruddy in body than rubie...
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8
Their appearance is blacker than a coal.
They are not known in the streets.
Their skin clings to the...
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9
Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger;
For these pine...
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10
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children.
They were their food in the destructi...
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11
Yahweh has accomplished his wrath.
He has poured out his fierce anger.
He has kindled a fire in Zion...
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12
The kings of the earth didn’t believe,
neither did all the inhabitants of the world,
that the advers...
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13
It is because of the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,
That have shed the bloo...
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14
They wander as blind men in the streets.
They are polluted with blood,
So that men can’t touch their...
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15
“Go away!” they cried to them.
“Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch!
When they fled away and wand...
16
Yahweh’s anger has scattered them.
He will not pay attention to them any more.
They didn’t respect t...
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17
Our eyes still fail,
looking in vain for our help.
In our watching we have watched for a nation that...
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18
They hunt our steps,
so that we can’t go in our streets.
Our end is near.
Our days are fulfilled,
fo...
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19
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky.
They chased us on the mountains.
They set an a...
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20
The breath of our nostrils,
the anointed of Yahweh,
was taken in their pits;
of whom we said,
under...
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21
Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom,
that dwells in the land of Uz.
The cup will pass through to y...
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22
The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion.
He will no more carry you away in...
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