NET Bible
"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."
— Lamentations 4:13, NET Bible
“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.”
“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,”
י(Yod) The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children, who became their food, when my people were destroyed.
כ(Kaf) The LORD fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations.
ל(Lamed) Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands ever thought that enemy or foe would enter the gates of Jerusalem.
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.
נ(Nun) They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments.
ס(Samek) People cry to them,“Turn away! You are unclean! Turn away! Turn away! Don’t touch us!” So they have fled and wander about; but the nations say,“They may not stay here any longer.”
פ(Pe) The LORD himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. They did not honor the priests; they did not show favor to the elders.