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Lamentations 4:16

14 They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

15 “Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”

The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.

17 All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

18 They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
KJV
The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
WEB
The LORD’s anger has scattered them. He will not pay attention to them any more. They didn’t respect the persons of the priests. They didn’t favor the elders.
ASV
The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more regard them: They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.
DARBY
The face of Jehovah hath divided them; he will no more regard them. They respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the aged.
BLB
The face of YHWH has scattered them; He shall not continue to look on them; the faces of the priests they do not lift up, and [to] the elders they do not show favor.
ÅB
Herrens åsyn har spredt dem, han ser ikke mere til dem; prester akter de[^1] ikke, over de gamle forbarmer de seg ikke.
OTB
Herren selv har spredt dem; han våker ikke lenger over dem. Prestene får ingen ære, de eldste ingen gunst.
B1930
Herrens åsyn har spredt dem, han ser ikke mere til dem; prester akter de ikke, over de gamle forbarmer de sig ikke. / < kaldeerne; JES 47, 6.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 9:14–16

    So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.

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  • Lamentations 5:12

    Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:26

    I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

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  • Jeremiah 24:9

    I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:64–65

    Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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  • Hebrews 8:9

    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

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  • 2 Kings 25:18–21

    The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

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