Lamentations 4:16
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Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had they pity on the ancient.

anger.

Genesis 49:7 Cursed be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath, because it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel.

Leviticus 26:33-39 And I will scatter you among the Gentiles: and I will draw out the sword after you. And your land shall be desert, and your cities destroyed. . . .

Deuteronomy 28:25,64,65 The Lord make thee to fall down before thy enemies, one way mayst thou go out against them, and flee seven ways, and be scattered throughout all the kingdoms of the earth. . . .

Deuteronomy 32:26 I said: Where are they? I will make the memory of them to cease from among men.

Jeremiah 15:4 And I will give them up to the rage of all the kingdoms of the earth: because of Manasses the son of Ezechias the king of Juda, for all that he did in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 24:9 And I will deliver them up to vexation, and affliction, to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a reproach, and a byword, and a proverb, and to be a curse in all places, to which I have cast them out.

he will

Psalm 106:44 And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

Hebrews 8:9 Not according to the testament which I made to their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: because they continued not in my testament: and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

they respected

Lamentations 5:12 The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancients.

2 Kings 25:18-21 And the general of the army took Seraias, the chief priest, and Sophonias, the second priest, and three doorkeepers: . . .

2 Chronicles 36:17 For he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slew their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary, he had no compassion on young man, or maiden, old man or even him that stooped for age, but he delivered them all into his hands.

Isaiah 9:14-16 And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day. . . .

Context
The Distress of Zion
15Samech. Depart you that are defiled, they cried out to them: Depart, get ye hence, touch not: for they quarrelled, and being removed, they said among the Gentiles: He will no more dwell among them. 16Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had they pity on the ancient.17Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save.…
Cross References
Isaiah 9:14
And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day.

Jeremiah 52:24
And the general took Saraias the chief priest, and Sophonias the second priest, and the three keepers of the entry.

Lamentations 2:6
Vau. And he hath destroyed his tent as a garden, he hath thrown down his tabernacle: the Lord hath caused feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Sion: and hath delivered up king and priest to reproach, and to the indignation of his wrath.

Lamentations 5:12
The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancients.

Lexicon
The LORD Himself
פְּנֵ֤י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

has scattered them;
חִלְּקָ֔ם (ḥil·lə·qām)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate

He regards
לְהַבִּיטָ֑ם (lə·hab·bî·ṭām)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5027: To scan, look intently at, to regard

them no
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

more.
יוֹסִ֖יף (yō·w·sîp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment

The priests
כֹהֲנִים֙ (ḵō·hă·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

are shown no honor,
נָשָׂ֔אוּ (nā·śā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

the elders
וּזְקֵנִ֖ים‪‬ (ū·zə·qê·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old

find no
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

favor.
חָנָֽנוּ׃ (ḥā·nā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore


Additional Translations
The LORD Himself has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor, the elders find no favor.The anger of the LORD has divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.

The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more regard them: They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.

AIN. The presence of the Lord was their portion; but he will not again look upon them: they regarded not the person of the priests, they pitied not the prophets.

The face of Jehovah hath divided them; he will no more regard them. They respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the aged.

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.

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

The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn't respect the persons of the priests, they didn't favor the elders.

The face of Jehovah hath divided them, He doth not add to behold them, The face of priests they have not lifted up, Elders they have not favoured.
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