SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 4:15

4:15a “Go away! Unclean!”

“Get out of here! You are defiled,”
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They were told to go away because they were unclean.

4:15b men shouted at them.

men shouted at them.
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Other people kept their distance and shouted to them,

4:15c “Away, away! Do not touch us!”

“Keep away! Do not touch us(exl) !”
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to leave and not to touch anyone.

4:15d So they fled and wandered.

So the priests and prophets left and went away
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So they ran away and wandered from country to country.

4:15e Among the nations it was said,

to other nations. But those people told them,
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But the people in those countries

4:15f “They can stay here no longer.”

“You cannot stay here!”
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would not let them stay.

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