Lamentations 4:15
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Samech. Depart you that are defiled, they cried out to them: Depart, get ye hence, touch not: for they quarrelled, and being removed, they said among the Gentiles: He will no more dwell among them.

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Context
The Distress of Zion
14Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts. 15Samech. Depart you that are defiled, they cried out to them: Depart, get ye hence, touch not: for they quarrelled, and being removed, they said among the Gentiles: He will no more dwell among them.16Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had they pity on the ancient.…
Cross References
Leviticus 13:45
Shall have his clothes hanging loose, his head bare, his mouth covered with a cloth: and he shall cry out that he is defiled and unclean.

Leviticus 13:46
All the time that he is a leper and unclean he shall dwell alone without the camp.

Jeremiah 49:5
Behold I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all that are round about thee: and you shall be scattered every one out of one another's sight, neither shall there be any to gather together them that flee.

Lexicon
“Go away!
ס֣וּרוּ (sū·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

Unclean!”
טָמֵ֞א (ṭā·mê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2931: Unclean

men shouted at them.
קָ֣רְאוּ (qā·rə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

“Away,
ס֤וּרוּ (sū·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

away!
ס֙וּרוּ֙ (sū·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

touch us!”
תִּגָּ֔עוּ (tig·gā·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

So
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they fled
נָצ֖וּ (nā·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5132: To flash, to blossom, to fly away

and
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

wandered.
נָ֑עוּ (nā·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

Among the nations
בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם (bag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

it was said,
אָֽמְרוּ֙ (’ā·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“They can stay
לָגֽוּר׃ (lā·ḡūr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility

here no
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

longer.”
יוֹסִ֖יפוּ (yō·w·sî·p̄ū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment


Additional Translations
“Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”They cried to them, Depart you; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

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 .

SAMECH. Depart ye from the unclean ones: call ye them: depart, depart, touch them not: for they are on fire, yea, they stagger: say ye among the nations, They shall no more sojourn there.

They cried unto them, Depart! Unclean! Depart! depart, touch not! When they fled away, and wandered about, it was said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [there].

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.

They cried to 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.

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 live [here].

'Turn aside -- unclean,' they called to them, 'Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,' For they fled -- yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: 'They do not add to sojourn.'
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