Lamentations 4:13

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.

Cross References (15)

  • Jeremiah 5:31 (5)

    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do i

  • Jeremiah 6:13 (4)

    “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

  • Ezekiel 22:26–28 (3)

    Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common,

  • Jeremiah 26:8–9 (3)

    and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prop

  • Lamentations 2:14 (3)

    The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The bu

  • Matthew 23:31 (3)

    So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

  • Zephaniah 3:3–4 (2)

    Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

  • Luke 11:47–51 (2)

    Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

  • Micah 3:11–12 (2)

    Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they l

  • Matthew 23:33–37 (2)

    You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16 (2)

    who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile

  • Acts 7:52 (2)

    Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteou

  • Jeremiah 2:20 (2)

    “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and u

  • Jeremiah 23:11–21 (2)

    “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 14:14 (2)

    “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them.