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Lam 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

have wandered		Deu 28:28,29; Isa 29:10-12; Isa 56:10; Isa 59:9-11; Mic 3:6,7; Mat 15:14; Eph 4:18
they have polluted		Num 35:33; Isa 1:15; Jer 2:34
so that men could not touch		or, in that they could not but touch. Num 19:16; Hsa 4:2

Correlating Passages

have wandered

	Deu 28:28	The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
	Deu 28:29	And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save [thee].
	Isa 29:10	For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
	Isa 29:11	And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is] sealed:
	Isa 29:12	And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
	Isa 56:10	His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
	Isa 59:9	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.
	Isa 59:10	We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if [we had] no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate places as dead [men].
	Isa 59:11	We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far off from us.
	Mic 3:6	Therefore night [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
	Mic 3:7	Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for [there is] no answer of God.
	Mat 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.
	Eph 4:18	Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

they have polluted

	Num 35:33	So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
	Isa 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.
	Jer 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.

so that men could not touch

	Num 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.
	Hsa 4:2	By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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Scott, Thomas. "Lamentations 4:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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