Lamentations 4:15

They cried unto them, Depart ye; [it is] unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn [there].

Ver. 15. They cried unto them.] The enemies in a mockery said aloud unto the Jews.

Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart.] Mimesis a - q.d., You that are so pure, and (as people say profanely among us), so Pope holy, that none must come near you, but get away as far and as fast as they can, as if they were lepers, &c.

They said among the heathen.] The blind Ethnics, beholding the Jews' wickedness, have judged that it was impossible God should suffer them any longer to live in his good land, since they would not live by his good laws.

a A figure of speech, whereby the supposed words or actions of another are imitated