Lam 4:15 | JFB | STEP | 15. They . . . them —"They," that is, "men" ( ). Even the very Gentiles, regarded as unclean by the Jews, who were ordered most religiously to avoid all defilements, cried unto the latter, "depart," as being unclean: so universal was the defilement of the city by blood. wandered —As the false prophets and their followers had "wandered" blind with infatuated and idolatrous crime in the city ( ), so they must now "wander" among the heathen in blind consternation with calamity. they said —that is, the Gentiles said: it was said among the heathen, "The Jews shall no more sojourn in their own land" [GROTIUS ]; or, wheresoever they go in their wandering exile, "they shall not stay long" [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU ], ( ). Pe.

Lamentations 4:15

15. They . . . them—"They," that is, "men" (La 4:14). Even the very Gentiles, regarded as unclean by the Jews, who were ordered most religiously to avoid all defilements, cried unto the latter, "depart," as being unclean: so universal was the defilement of the city by blood.

wandered—As the false prophets and their followers had "wandered" blind with infatuated and idolatrous crime in the city (La 4:14), so they must now "wander" among the heathen in blind consternation with calamity.

they said—that is, the Gentiles said: it was said among the heathen, "The Jews shall no more sojourn in their own land" [GROTIUS]; or, wheresoever they go in their wandering exile, "they shall not stay long" [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU], (De 28:65).

Pe.