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Lamentations 4:14

12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

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,

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 them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

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BSB
They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
KJV
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
WEB
They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.
ASV
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
DARBY
They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
BLB
They wandered blind in the streets, they have defiled themselves with the blood, that none would be able to touch their garments.
ÅB
De vanket omkring på gatene som blinde, tilsølt med blod, så ingen kunne røre ved deres klær.
OTB
De vandret blindt i gatene; de var så tilsølt med blod at ingen våget å røre deres klær.
B1930
De vanket omkring på gatene som blinde, tilsølt med blod, så ingen kunde røre ved deres klær.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 1:15

    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

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  • Jeremiah 2:34

    Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

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  • Numbers 19:16

    And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:28–29

    The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

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  • Isaiah 56:10

    His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

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  • Hosea 4:2

    By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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  • Isaiah 59:9–11

    Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

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  • Matthew 15:14

    Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

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