Lamentations 4:14

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

"They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments." - Lamentations 4:14
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What does Lamentations 4:14 mean?

The verse Lamentations 4:14 from the King James Version of the Bible reads, "They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments." This verse is found in the Book of Lamentations, which is a…

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Lost in the Shadows: A Devotional Reflection on Lamentations 4:14

In the depths of sorrow, we often encounter profound insights that can challenge our understanding of God’s purpose and human existence. The poignant words of Lamentations 4:14 remind us of the Israelites' plight: "They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have…

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A Prayer for Spiritual Clarity and Cleansing

O Lord, Mighty and Glorious, Creator of Heaven and Earth, we come before You today with heavy hearts, seeking Your guidance and mercy. As we reflect on the words of Lamentations 4:14, "They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so…

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Lamentations 4:14 - "They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments."
Lamentations 3:14 - "I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day."
Lamentations 5:14 - "The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick."
Ezekiel 19:14 - "And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation."
Lamentations 4:4 - "The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them."
Lamentations 4:5 - "They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills."
Lamentations 5:4 - "We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us."
Lamentations 4:13 - "¶ 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,"
Lamentations 4:9 - "They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field."
Lamentations 4:2 - "The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!"
Lamentations 4:10 - "The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people."
Lamentations 3:4 - "My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones."
Lamentations 4:8 - "Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick."
Lamentations 4:16 - "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."
Lamentations 4:19 - "Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness."
"I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day." - Lamentations 3:14
Lamentations 4:6 - "For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her."
Lamentations 4:12 - "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."
"The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick." - Lamentations 5:14
Lamentations 4:1 - "How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street."
Lamentations 4:17 - "As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us."
Lamentations 4:18 - "They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come."
Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
Lamentations 4:7 - "Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:"
Lamentations 4:3 - "Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness."
Lamentations 4:20 - "The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen."
Lamentations 2:14 - "Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment."