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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
They cried unto them, depart ye, it is unclean,.... Or, O ye "unclean" (e); that is, the people said so to the priests,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Men cried to these priests, “Away! Unclean! Away! Away! Touch not.” “Unclean” was the cry of the leper whenever he…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
When they fled away - These priests and prophets were so bad, that the very heathen did not like to permit them to…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Lamentations 4:13-20
We have here,
I. The sins they were charged with, for which God brought this destruction upon them, and which served to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Those who met these blood-stained priests and prophets in the street abhorred them, and warned them off with the cry…