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.


In Context

10 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

11 Jehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.

12 The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

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.

14 They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

15 Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here .

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 American 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 middle of her,

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 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,