14They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.
15Away! unclean! they were crying out to them, Away! away! let there be no touching: when they went away in flight and wandering, men said among the nations, There is no further resting-place for them.
16The face of the Lord has sent them in all directions; he will no longer take care of them: they had no respect for the priests, they gave no honour to the old men.
17Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.
18They go after our steps so that we may not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are numbered; for our end has come.
19Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.
20Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.
