Lamentations 4:14-16

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴ Blindly they wandered through the streets,
    so defiled with blood
that no one was able
    to touch their garments.

¹⁵ “Away! Unclean!” people shouted at them;
    “Away! Away! Do not touch!”
So they became fugitives and wanderers;
    it was said among the nations,
    “They shall stay here no longer.”

¹⁶ The Lord himself has scattered them,
    he will regard them no more;
no honor was shown to the priests,
    no favor to the elders.