Lamentations 4:14

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

Young's Literal Translation

In The 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.

In Context

13Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,

15'Turn aside — unclean,' they called to them, 'Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,' For they fled — yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: 'They do not add to sojourn.'

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Cross References

Numbers 19:16'And every one who cometh, on the face of the field, against the pierced of a sword, or against the dead, or against a bone of man, or against a grave, is unclean seven days;

Deuteronomy 28:28'Jehovah doth smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

Isaiah 29:10For poured out on you hath Jehovah a spirit of deep sleep, And He closeth your eyes — the prophets, And your heads — the seers — He covered.

Isaiah 59:9Therefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness — in thick darkness we go,

Ezekiel 23:45As to righteous men, they judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, And the judgment of women shedding blood, For they [are] adulteresses, And blood [is] in their hands.

Micah 3:6Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:14-21

Cause of Jerusalem's Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. 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. 16 The anger of the Lord hath divided… Read the whole commentary →

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