13 Measured was this punishment, for the sins of her prophets, the iniquity of her priests, who tolerated the shedding of innocent blood in her midst.
14 None could so much as touch their garments in veneration, so soiled were they with blood, as they wandered aimlessly through the streets.
15“ Off with you! You carriers of defilement!” they would cry at their approach.“ Off with you! Stay away! Do not touch us!” So they just roamed and rambled about endlessly. Even other nations said,“ You may no longer dwell among us.”
16 Providence has expelled them. God will countenance them no more, just as they no longer show deference to their priests, nor are they gracious toward their elders.
17 Quietly we have waited; expectantly we wait still, but the nation is powerless to act. Even now it is in vain: our search for assistance only strains our eyes.
18 Routed and driven from the very streets, our end is at hand. Our days are done; the end has come.
19 Swifter than eagles in flight were those who pursued us. They drove us into the mountains; in the wilderness they lay in wait for us.
20 The Lord’ s anointed king, our salvation, our very life’ s breath, was caught up in their snares: he whose protection afforded us the opportunity to live as a nation among others.
21 Unto you, Fair Edom – dwelling in the Land of Uz – this bitter cup will pass in due course. In your drunkenness, you will reveal your shame.
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