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Lamentations 4:13

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13It happened because Jerusalem’s prophets had sinned.

Its priests had done evil things.

All of them spilled the blood

of those who did what was right.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

This was for the sins of her prophets

and the iniquities of her priests,

who shed in the midst of her

the blood of the righteous.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But it happened because of the sins of her prophets

and the iniquities of her priests,

who shed within her

the blood of the righteous.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets

and the iniquities of her priests,

who shed the blood of the righteous within her.

NLTNew Living Translation

Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets

and the sins of her priests,

who defiled the city

by shedding innocent blood.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Because of the sins of her prophets,

the guilt of her priests,

who shed blood in her midst,

of righteous people.

KJV 1900King James Version

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,