13For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her,


In Context

10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

11 The LORD has accomplished his fury; he has poured out his fierce anger, and has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured the foundations thereof.

12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her,

14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

15 They cried to them, Depart you; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

Lamentations 4:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13For 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:13But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed within her the blood of the righteous.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Mem. 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:13It 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13It 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:13It 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13For 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13[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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,