Lamentations 4:16 · 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. {anger: or, face}”
— Lamentations 4:16
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}. {it...: or, ye polluted}
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}.
Lamentations 4 — Context
They have wandered {as} blind {men} in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. {so...: or, in that they could not but touch}
15They 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}. {it...: or, ye polluted}
16The 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. {anger: or, face}
17As 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}.
18They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:14-16
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Lamentations 5:12
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Deuteronomy 32:26
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
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. {removed: Heb. for a removing}
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. {to be removed: Heb. for removing, or, vexation}
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.
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.
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: {door: Heb. threshold}