¹⁵ “Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them.
    “Away! Away! Don’t touch us!”
When they flee and wander^(A) about,
    people among the nations say,
    “They can stay here no longer.”^(B)

¹⁶ The Lord himself has scattered them;
    he no longer watches over them.^(A)
The priests are shown no honor,
    the elders^(B) no favor.^(C)