Commentary for Lamentations 4:14
נָע֤וּ עִוְרִים֙ בַּֽחוּצ֔וֹת נְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ בַּדָּ֑ם בְּלֹ֣א יֽוּכְל֔וּ יִגְּע֖וּ בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ (ס)
They wander as blind men in the streets, They are polluted with blood, So that men cannot Touch their garments.
Rashi on Lamentations
The blind slithered in the streets. When the blind would walk in the street, they would stagger, and their feet would slip on the blood of the slain,19Alternatively, ‘they wandered through the streets blindly.’ whom the wicked were slaying in its [Yerusholayim] midst.
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Rashi on Lamentations
Filthied with blood. They were so sullied with blood that those near them could not touch their clothes, and would therefore call out to them.20“Get away, you are contaminated, etc.”
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