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4:13-20
ASV
Lamentations
Chapter 4
Lamentations
4:13-20
ASV
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13
Because of the sins of her prophets
And the wrongdoings of her priests,
Who have shed in her midst
The blood of the righteous,
14
They wandered, blind, in the streets;
They were defiled with blood,
Such that no one could touch their garments.
15
“Keep away! Unclean!” they cried out of themselves.
“Keep away, keep away, do not touch!”
For they distanced themselves as well as wandered;
People among the nations said,
“They shall not continue to reside with us.”
16
The presence of the Lord has scattered them,
He will not continue to look at them;
They did not honor the priests,
They did not favor the elders.
17
Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for help was useless;
At our observation point we have watched
For a nation that could not save.
18
They hunted our steps
So that we could not walk in our streets;
Our end drew near,
Our days were finished
For our end had come.
19
Our pursuers were swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
20
The breath of our nostrils, the Lord’s anointed,
Was captured in their pits,
Of whom we had said, “In his shadow
We shall live among the nations.”
