LAMENTATIONS 4:14

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Lamentations 4:14 Translation & Meaning

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They have wandered נָע֤וּ To waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined) wandered
as (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
blind עִוְרִים֙ Blind (literally or figuratively) blind
men (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
in the streets, בַּֽחוּצ֔וֹת Properly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors streets
they have polluted נְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ To soil or (figuratively) desecrate polluted
themselves with blood, בַּדָּ֑ם Blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e., drops of blood) themselves blood
so that men could יֽוּכְל֔וּ To be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might) men could
not בְּלֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
touch יִגְּע֖וּ Properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.) touch
their garments. בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ A garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife garments

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  • 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,

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




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