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)

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16 The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

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16 The [a]face of the Lord scattered them;
He no longer regards them.
(A)The people do not respect the priests
Nor show favor to the elders.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:16 Tg. anger

17 Moreover, our eyes failed,
    looking in vain(A) for help;(B)
from our towers we watched
    for a nation(C) that could not save us.

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17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

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17 Still (A)our eyes failed us,
Watching vainly for our help;
In our watching we watched
For a nation that could not save us.

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