SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:15
Sámec : Les daban voces: Apartaos ¡Inmundicia!, Apartaos, apartaos, no toquéis: porque eran contaminados; y cuando fueron traspasados, dijeron entre los gentiles: Nunca más morarán aquí .
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:15
Verse 15. When they fled away] These priests and prophets were so bad, that the very heathen did not like to permit them to sojourn among them. The prophet now resumes the history of the siege.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 15. They cried unto them, depart ye, [it is] unclean , etc.] Or, O ye “unclean” f125 ; that is, the people said so to the priests, being polluted with blood; they abhorred them, did not care they should come nigh them, but bid them keep at distance; they that cleansed others of leprosy were treated as leprous persons themselves, and proclaimed unclean, and shunned as such: and, to show their vehement abhorrence of them, repeated the words, depart, depart, touch not : that is, touch us not; they who had used to say; to others, stand by yourselves, we are more holy than you, being the Lord’s priests and prophets, are treated after the same manner themselves: when they fled away, and wandered ; fled from the city, and wandered among the nations; or when they were swiftly carried away captives, and became vagabonds in other countries: they said among the Heathens, they shall no more sojourn [there] ; being among the Heathens, they took notice of them as very wicked men, and said concerning them, now they are carried out of their own land, they shall never return there any more, and dwell in Jerusalem, and officiate in the temple, as they had formerly done.
Matthew Henry Commentary
The deplorable state of the nation is contrasted with its ancien prosperity. Lam. 4:1-12 What a change is here! Sin tarnishes the beauty of the mos exalted powers and the most excellent gifts; but that gold, tried in the fire, which Christ bestows, never will be taken from us; it outward appearance may be dimmed, but its real value can never be changed. The horrors of the siege and destruction of Jerusalem ar again described. Beholding the sad consequences of sin in the church of old, let us seriously consider to what the same causes may justly brin down the church now. But, Lord, though we have gone from thee in rebellion, yet turn to us, and turn our hearts to thee, that we ma fear thy name. Come to us, bless us with awakening, converting renewing, confirming grace.
Lam. 4:13-20 Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the measure faster, than the sins of priests and prophets. The king himsel cannot escape, for Divine vengeance pursues him. Our anointed Kin alone is the life of our souls; we may safely live under his shadow and rejoice in Him in the midst of our enemies, for He is the true God and eternal life.
Lam. 4:21,22 Here it is foretold that an end should be put to Zion' troubles. Not the fulness of punishment deserved, but of what God ha determined to inflict. An end shall be put to Edom's triumphs. All the troubles of the church and of the believer will soon be accomplished And the doom of their enemies approaches. The Lord will bring their sins to light, and they shall lie down in eternal sorrow. Edom her represents all the enemies of the church. And the corruption, and sin of Israel, which the prophet has proved to be universal, justifies the judgments of the Lord. It shows the need of that grace in Christ Jesus which the sin and corruption of all mankind make so necessary __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
סורו 5493 טמא 2931 קראו 7121 למו סורו 5493 סורו 5493 אל 408 תגעו 5060 כי 3588 נצו 5132 גם 1571 נעו 5128 אמרו 559 בגוים 1471 לא 3808 יוסיפו 3254 לגור׃ 1481
