Catholic Public Domain Version
"MEM. It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in her midst. "
— Lamentations 4:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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,”
“It isbecause of the sins of her prophets, andthe iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her. ”
“[It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.”
“מ(Mem) But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.”
“Mem. 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.”
“It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her.”
“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,”
JOD. The hands of pitiable women have boiled their sons. They became their food in the grief of the daughter of my people.
CAPH. The Lord has completed his fury; he has poured out the wrath of his indignation. And he has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured its foundations.
LAMED. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, did not believe that the adversary and the enemy would enter through the gates of Jerusalem.
MEM. It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in her midst.
NUN. They have wandered in the streets like the blind; they have been defiled with blood. And when they were not able, they held their garments.
SAMECH. “Go back, you polluted ones!” they cried out to them. “Go back, go away, do not touch!” Of course, they argued, and being removed, they said among the Gentiles, “He will no longer dwell among them.”
PHE. The face of the Lord has divided them. He will no longer respect them. They were not ashamed before the faces of the priests, nor did they take pity on the elderly.