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Lamentations 4:13

Sin

11 The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.

12 The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

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.

14 They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

15 “Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”

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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.
DARBY
[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.
BLB
for the sins of her prophets, the iniquities of her priests, those pouring in her midst the blood of the righteous,
ÅB
For dets profeters synder, dets presters misgjerninger, de som utøste rettferdiges blod i byen, er det skjedd.
OTB
Dette skjedde på grunn av hennes profeters synder og hennes presters misgjerninger, som utøste de rettferdiges blod i hennes midte.
B1930
For dets profeters synder, dets presters misgjerninger, de som utøste rettferdiges blod i byen, er det skjedd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 5:31

    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

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  • Jeremiah 6:13

    “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

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  • Matthew 23:31

    So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

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  • Jeremiah 26:8–9

    and 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!

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  • Ezekiel 22:26–28

    Her 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 that I am profaned among them.

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  • Lamentations 2:14

    The 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.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16

    who 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,

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  • Matthew 23:33–37

    You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

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