Lamentations 4:15
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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.“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.”
In other translations
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.“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.”
Hebrew words
סוּרוּsurudepartH5493טָמֵאtame'uncleanH2931קָרְאוּkare'upeople called outH7121לָמוֹlamoto themסוּרוּsurudepartH5493סוּרוּsurudepartH5493אַל־'al-may notH408תִּגָּעוּtiga'uyou touchH5060כִּיkiforH3588נָצוּnatzuthey fledH5132גַּם־gam-alsoH1571נָעוּna'uthey wanderedH5128אָמְרוּ'amerupeople saidH559בַּגּוֹיִםbagoyimamong the nationsH1471לֹאlo'notH3808יוֹסִיפוּyosifuthey will increaseH3254לָגוּר׃ סlagurto sojournH1481
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Leviticus 13:45-4645 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. 46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.45 A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ 46 As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
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