Lamentations 4:14

Translations

Modern

They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

Traditional

They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

Literal

They wandered blind in the streets, they have defiled themselves with the blood, that none would be able to touch their garments.

Latin

Erraverunt cæci in plateis, polluti sunt in sanguine; cumque non possent, tenuerunt lacinias suas.

Original

Hebrew

English

They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

Notes

Lamentations 4:1–22

Although God’s people still experience his judgment, they will soon experience restoration.

Related verses

Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Jeremiah 2:34
Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
Isaiah 56:10
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
Numbers 19:16
Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
Deuteronomy 28:28–29
The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,
Isaiah 29:10–12
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Numbers 35:33
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Matthew 15:14
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Micah 3:6–7
Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
Isaiah 59:9–11
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Hosea 4:2
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Glossary

Acrostic Lamentations, Book of Poetry, Biblical

Topics

Christian Minister: False and Corrupt Murder: Defiles The: Person and Garments

Lamentations 4:14

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