Lamentations 4:15-17

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¹⁵ “Get away!” the people shout at them. “You are defiled!” They flee to distant lands and wander there among the foreigners; but none will let them stay. ¹⁶ The Lord himself has dealt with them; he no longer helps them, for they persecuted the priests and elders who stayed true to God.

¹⁷ We look for our allies^[a] to come and save us, but we look in vain. The nation we expected most to help us makes no move at all.