Lamentations 4:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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,”
King James Version · Public Domain“It isbecause of the sins of her prophets, andthe iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Lamentations 4:13 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 5:31The 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.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 26:8and 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!
- Lamentations 2:14The 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.
- Ezekiel 11:6You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
- Ezekiel 22:25The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
- Ezekiel 22:26Her 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.
- Ezekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
- Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
- Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
- Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
- Matthew 23:33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
- Luke 11:47Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
- Acts 7:52Which 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 2:15who 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,
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