Lamentations 4:13-20

¹³ It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests,
That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her. ¹⁴ They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood,
So that men can’t touch their garments. ¹⁵ Depart! they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don’t touch!
When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here. ¹⁶ The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them:
They didn’t respect the persons of the priests, they didn’t favor the elders. ¹⁷ Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help:
In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save. ¹⁸ They hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets:
Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. ¹⁹ Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky:
They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. ²⁰ The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits;
Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.