Lamentations 4:16

¹⁴ They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

¹⁵ They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

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.

¹⁷ As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

¹⁸ They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

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.

Compare

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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 9:14–16
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
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Lamentations 5:12
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
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Deuteronomy 32:26
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
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Jeremiah 24:9
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
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Deuteronomy 28:64–65
And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
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Deuteronomy 28:25
The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
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Hebrews 8:9
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
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2 Kings 25:18–21
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
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