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Lamentations 4:14 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Lamentations 4:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 4 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. so: or, in that they could not but touch”
Lamentations 4:14 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 4:14
Corruption's consequence described: "They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments." The Hebrew nau ivrim bachutot nigo'alu badam belo yukhlu yigu bilbusheihem depicts moral and ceremonial defilement. Nau ivrim (נָעוּ עִוְרִים, "they wandered blind") suggests aimless stumbling. Bachutot (בַּחוּצוֹת, "in the streets") indicates public rather than private failure."Polluted themselves with blood" uses nigo'alu badam (נִגֹּאֲלוּ בַּדָּם). Ga'al (גָּאַל) means to defile, pollute, or stain. Blood defilement was pa...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 4:14
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“Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search”
“I will hide my eyes from you. Yes”
“they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs”
“or a dead body”
“and with blindness”
“alienated from the life of God”
“neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light”
“both will fall into a pit.,Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.,,,,,,,,”
“it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein”