Lamentations 4:13

New King James Version

Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who shed in her midst The blood of the just.

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:14

And the Lord said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.

Jeremiah 2:20

“For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; And you said, ‘I will not transgress,’ When on every high hill and under every green tree You lay down, playing the harlot.

Jeremiah 2:30

“In vain I have chastened your children; They received no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?

Jeremiah 6:13

“Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely.

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets have seen for you False and deceptive visions; They have not uncovered your iniquity, To bring back your captives, But have envisioned for you false prophecies and delusions.

Ezekiel 11:6

You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.”

Ezekiel 22:25

The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured people; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

Matthew 23:31

“Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,