15 “Keep away! (A)Unclean!” [a]they cried out of themselves.
“Keep away, keep away, do not touch!”
For they (B)distanced themselves as well as wandered;
People among the nations said,
“They shall not continue to reside with us.”

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:15 Or they (other people) cried to them

15 They cried out to them,
“Go away, (A)unclean!
Go away, go away,
Do not touch us!”
When they fled and wandered,
Those among the nations said,
“They shall no longer dwell here.

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15 “Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them.
    “Away! Away! Don’t touch us!”
When they flee and wander(A) about,
    people among the nations say,
    “They can stay here no longer.”(B)

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15 “Away! (A)Unclean!” people cried at them.
    “Away! Away! Do not touch!”
So they became fugitives and wanderers;
    people said among the nations,
    “They shall stay with us no longer.”

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