Lamentations 4:15

“Away! Unclean!” people cried at them. “Away! Away! Do not touch!” 1 So they wandered about; people said among the nations, “They can stay here no longer.” 1

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They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

In Context

14They wandered, blind, through the streets. 1 They were so defiled by that blood that no one was allowed to touch their clothes. 1

16Yahweh himself scattered them; he does not watch over them anymore. 1 They do not honor the priests, 1 and they did not show any favor to the elders. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:45The person who has an infectious disease must wear torn clothes, his hair must hang loosely, and he must cover his face up to his nose and call out, 'Unclean, unclean.'

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:14-21

Cause of Jerusalem's Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. 16 The anger of the Lord hath divided… Read the whole commentary →

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