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,
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIt 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.
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.
Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,
[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.
About this book
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About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC