Lamentations 4:13

Berean Standard Bible (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.

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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.

13 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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Lamentations 4:13 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: 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 King James 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,
WEB 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 middle of her.
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,
DBY Darby Translation: [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.
WBS Webster 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.