Lamentations 4:16 meaning and explanation
The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
Lamentations 4:16, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the poet of Lamentations, mourning Jerusalem after Babylon destroyed the city and temple in 586 BC. The "them" are the prophets and priests named in verse 13, who shed the blood of the righteous.
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