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.


In Context

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

11 Jehovah hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath consumed 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 enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

13 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.

14 They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

15 They cried unto them, Depart! Unclean! Depart! depart, touch not! When they fled away, and wandered about, it was said among the nations, 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 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 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 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,