Lamentations 4:14 “They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no…”

Lamentations 4:14

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.

American Standard Version

They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

Geneva Bible 1599

They haue wandred as blinde men in the streetes, and they were polluted with blood, so that they would not touch their garments.

Darby Translation

They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

Young's Literal Translation

They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,

Bible in Basic English

They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.

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Cross references

“have wandered”

Isaiah 56:10 Isaiah 29:10–12 Isaiah 59:9–11 Matthew 15:14 Ephesians 4:18 Deuteronomy 28:28

Isaiah 56:10 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 29:10–12 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 59:9–11 · BSB

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.

Matthew 15:14 · BSB

Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Ephesians 4:18 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 28:28 · BSB

The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,

“they have polluted”

Isaiah 1:15 Jeremiah 2:34 Numbers 35:33

Isaiah 1:15 · BSB

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 · BSB

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

Numbers 35:33 · BSB

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.

“so that men could not touch”

Numbers 19:16 Hosea 4:2

Numbers 19:16 · BSB

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.

Hosea 4:2 · BSB

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

15“Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”

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