Lamentations 4:15
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.
KJV
Recedite polluti, clamaverunt eis ; recedite, abite, nolite tangere : jurgati quippe sunt, et commoti dixerunt inter gentes : Non addet ultra ut habitet in eis.
Vulgate
Σάμεχ. Ἀπόστητε ἀκαθάρτων, καλέσατε αὐτούς Ἀπόστητε ἀπόστητε, μὴ ἅπτεσθε, ὅτι ἀνήφθησαν καί γε ἐσαλεύθησαν· εἴπατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν Οὐ μὴ προσθῶσιν τοῦ παροικεῖν.
LXX
Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here.
ASV
ס֣וּרוּ טָמֵ֞א קָ֣רְאוּ לָ֗/מוֹ ס֤וּרוּ ס֨וּרוּ֙ אַל תִּגָּ֔עוּ כִּ֥י נָצ֖וּ גַּם נָ֑עוּ אָֽמְרוּ֙ בַּ/גּוֹיִ֔ם לֹ֥א יוֹסִ֖יפוּ לָ/גֽוּר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Lev 13:45 — 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.
- Lev 26:33 — And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
- Zech 8:13 — And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.