Lamentations 4:15

"They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments."

Key Reflection

In Lamentations 4:15, the description of people wandering like blind men and being "polluted with blood" symbolizes the spiritual blindness and moral corruption of a community. This imagery underscores how their sin has rendered them untouchable and repulsive to others, highlighting the severe consequences of spiritual decay.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Men cried to these priests, “Away! Unclean! Away! Away! Touch not.” “Unclean” was the cry of the leper whenever he appeared in public: here it is the warning shout of those who meet the murderers. When they fled away and wandered -These priests fled away from the city, but with uncertain steps, not knowing where to find refuge. They find themselves abhorred abroad as well as at home. It is quite possible that this verse records a real occurrence, if not during the siege, at all events during the last years of Zedekiah’s reign.

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