| Lamentations 4:13 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous; (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | They got through because of the sins of Jerusalem's prophets and the crimes of its priests, who spilled the blood of righteous people within it.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | 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, |
| ASV: | 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. |
| BBE: | It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her. |
| DBY: | 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. |
| ERV: | 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. |
| JPS: | 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. |
| WBS: | 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. |
| WEB: | 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. |
| YLT: | Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous, |
| Lamentations 4:13 Cross References |
| XREF: | Jeremiah 2:30 "In vain I have struck your sons; They accepted no chastening. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it?
Jeremiah 6:13 "For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.
Jeremiah 26:8 When Jeremiah finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, "You must die!
Jeremiah 26:9 "Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD saying, 'This house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate, without inhabitant '?" And all the people gathered about Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
Lamentations 2:14 Your prophets have seen for you False and foolish visions; And they have not exposed your iniquity So as to restore you from captivity, But they have seen for you false and misleading oracles.
Ezekiel 22:26 "Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Matthew 23:31 "So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 4:13 For the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of {g} her,
(g) He means that these things are come to pass therefore, contrary to all men's expectations. |
| WES: | 4:13 Priests - The ecclesiastical men were a great cause of the first and last destruction of Jerusalem. And so they are of most other places that come to ruin, through their neglect of their duty, or encouraging others in their wicked courses. |
| MHC: | 4:13-20 Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the measure faster, than the sins of priests and prophets. The king himself cannot escape, for Divine vengeance pursues him. Our anointed King alone is the life of our souls; we may safely live under his shadow, and rejoice in Him in the midst of our enemies, for He is the true God and eternal life. |
| CONC: | Blood Drained Evil-doing Iniquities Midst Priests Prophets Righteous Shed Shedding Sins Upright Within |
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