Lamentations 4:13

In 11 translations

BSB

But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

KJV

¶ 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,

WEB

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 middle of her.

ASV

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.

LSV

Because of the sins of her prophets, || The iniquities of her priests, || Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,

YLT

Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,

DBY

[It is] for the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the righteous in the midst of her.

DRC

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.

GNV

For the sinnes of her Prophets, and the iniquities of her Priests, that haue shed the blood of the iust in the middes of her.

JPS

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.

LXXE

Mem. For the sins of her prophets, and iniquities of her priests, who shed righteous blood in the midst of her,

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Original-language editions

WLC

מֵֽחַטֹּ֣את נְבִיאֶ֔יהָ עֲוֺנ֖וֹת כֹּהֲנֶ֑יהָ הַשֹּׁפְכִ֥ים בְּקִרְבָּ֖הּ דַּ֥ם צַדִּיקִֽים׃

LXX-Br

ΜΗΜ. Ἐξ ἁμαρτιῶν προφητῶν αὐτῆς, ἀδικιῶν ἱερέων αὐτῆς, τῶν ἐκχεόντων αἷμα δίκαιον ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
• Jeremiah 6:13“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
• Lamentations 2:14The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
• Ezekiel 22:26–28Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so…
• Jeremiah 26:8–9and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die! How dare you prophesy in the…
• Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they…
• Jeremiah 23:11–21“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD. “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I…
• Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
• Jeremiah 14:14“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of…
• Zephaniah 3:3–4Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.
• Luke 11:47–51Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. Because of this,…
• Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
• Matthew 23:33–37You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell? Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your…
• Micah 3:11–12Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” Therefore,…

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