World English Bible
"[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."
— Lamentations 4:13, World English 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. ”
“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,”
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
[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.
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.
Depart! they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don't touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more live [here].
The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn't respect the persons of the priests, they didn't favor the elders.