Lamentations 4:14-16

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁴ Blindly they wandered through the streets,
    so defiled with blood
that no one was able
    to touch their garments.

¹⁵ ‘Away! Unclean!’ people shouted at them;
    ‘Away! Away! Do not touch!’
So they became fugitives and wanderers;
    it was said among the nations,
    ‘They shall stay here no longer.’

¹⁶ The Lord himself has scattered them,
    he will regard them no more;
no honour was shown to the priests,
    no favour to the elders.