They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThey wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without any being able to touch their clothing,
They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC