Lamentations 4:13

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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,

Literal

…for the sins of her prophets, the iniquities of her priests, those pouring in her midst the blood of the righteous,

Latin

Propter peccata prophetarum ejus, et iniquitates sacerdotum ejus, qui effuderunt in medio ejus sanguinem justorum.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Lamentations 4:1–22

Although God’s people still experience his judgment, they will soon experience restoration.

Related verses

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?
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 2:14
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.
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!
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.
Matthew 23:31
So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
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 their own minds.
Acts 7:52
Which 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—
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,
Zephaniah 3:3–4
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
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 23:11–21
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.

Glossary

Acrostic Lamentations, Book of Poetry, Biblical

Topics

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Lamentations 4:13

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