Lamentations 4:13 Cross References - Rotherham

¹³ [It is] for the sins of her prophets, the iniquities of her priests,––who have been pouring out, in her midst, the blood of the righteous!

²⁰ For, in age–past time, I brake thy yoke, I tare off thy fetters, And thou saidst, I will not transgress,––Nevertheless, on every high hill, and under every green tree, wast thou lying down as an unchaste woman.

³¹ The prophets, have prophesied, falsely, And, the priests, tread down, by their means, And, my people, love it, so,––What then can ye do, as to her latter end?

¹³ For, from the least of them, even unto the greatest of them, Every one, graspeth with greed,––And, from the prophet even unto the priest, Every one, dealeth, falsely;

¹⁴ So then Yahweh said unto me, Falsehood, are the prophets prophesying in my name, I have not sent them, Neither have I commanded them, Neither have I spoken unto them,––A vision of falsehood, and, A divination of worthlessness, and, A fraud of their own hearts, They, are prophesying unto you.

¹¹ For, both prophet and priest, are profane,––Even in my house, have I found their wickedness, Declareth Yahweh. ¹² Therefore, shall their way become to them like slippery places in darkness, They shall be driven on, and shall fall therein,––For I will bring in upon them calamity––The year of their visitation, Declareth Yahweh. ¹³ Even among the prophets of Samaria, had I seen a foolish thing,––They prophesied by Baal, And led astray my people Israel. ¹⁴ But, among the prophets of Jerusalem, have I seen a horrible thing,––Committing adultery, And walking in falsehood, And so strengthening the hands of doers of wickedness, not to return any man from his wickedness: They have, all of them, become, to me, as Sodom, And her inhabitants, as Gomorrah. ¹⁵ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Concerning the prophets,––Behold me! Feeding them with wormwood, And I will cause them to drink poisoned water,––For, from the prophets of Jerusalem, hath there gone forth profanity unto all the land. ¹⁶ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts,––Do not hearken unto the words of the prophets who are prophesying unto you, They, are filling you, with vain, hopes,––The vision of their own hearts, do they speak, Not from the mouth of Yahweh! ¹⁷ They keep on saying to them who despise me, Yahweh, hath spoken, [saying], Prosperity, shall ye have! And, to every one who is going on in the stubbornness of his own heart, have they said, There shall come on you, no calamity; ¹⁸ For who, hath stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should see, and hear his word? Who hath given ear to his word, and heard it? ¹⁹ Lo! the tempest of Yahweh! Indignation, hath come forth, Even a tempest whirling along: On the head of the lawless, shall it hurl itself down. ²⁰ The anger of Yahweh, wilt not return, Until he hath executed, nor, Until he hath established, The purposes of his heart,––In the afterpart of the days, shall ye understand it, perfectly. ²¹ I sent not the prophets, yet, they, ran, I spake not unto them, yet, they, prophesied.

⁸ And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Yahweh had commanded [him] to speak unto all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, laid hold of him, saying––Thou shalt, surely die! ⁹ Why, hast thou prophesied in the name of Yahweh, saying, Like Shiloh, shall this house become, And, this city, shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people, were gathered together, unto Jeremiah, in the house of Yahweh.

¹⁴ Thy prophets, have had visions for thee, false and foolish, and have not unveiled thine iniquity, to turn back thy captivity,––Yea they have had visions for thee, oracles of falsehood, and enticements!

²⁶ Her priests, have done violence to my law, And have profaned my holy things, Between the hallowed and the common, have they put no difference, And, between the unclean and clean, have they not taught men to discern,––And, from my sabbaths, have they hid their eyes, So that I have been profaned in their midst. ²⁷ Her rulers within her, have been like wolves, rending prey,––In shedding blood, In destroying lives, For the sake of getting dishonest gain. ²⁸ And, her prophets, have coated it for them with whitewash, Seeing visions of falsehood, And divining for them lies,––Saying, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, when, Yahweh, hath not spoken.

¹¹ Her heads, for a bribe, pronounce sentence, and, her priests, for a price, give direction, and, her prophets, for silver, divine,––yet, on Yahweh, they lean, saying, Is not, Yahweh, in our midst? there shall not come upon us, calamity. ¹² Wherefore, for your sake, Zion, as a field, shall be ploughed, and, Jerusalem, unto heaps of ruins, shall be turned,––and, the mountain of the house, shall [be] like mounds in a jungle.

³ Her rulers in her midst, are roaring lions,––her judges, evening wolves, they have left nothing until morning! ⁴ Her prophets, are reckless, treacherous men! her priests, have profaned the holy, done violence to law.

³¹ So that ye bear witness against yourselves, that ye are, sons, of them who murdered the prophets.

³³ Serpents! broods of vipers! how should ye flee from the judgment of gehenna?
³⁴ For this cause, lo! I, send unto you, prophets and wise men and scribes,––some from among them, ye will slay and crucify, And some from among them ye will––scourge in your synagogues, and pursue from city to city: ³⁵ That there may come upon you––all righteous blood poured out upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye murdered between the Temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily, I say unto you––All these things, will have come, upon this generation. ³⁷ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that slayeth the prophets, and stoneth them that have been sent unto her,––how often, would I have gathered thy children, like as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings,––and ye would not!

⁴⁷ Alas for you! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers slew them! ⁴⁸ Hence, witnesses, are ye, and find consenting pleasure in the works of your fathers: because, they, indeed, slew them, and, ye, are building, [their tombs]. ⁴⁹ For this cause, the Wisdom of God hath said––I will send forth, unto them, prophets and apostles,––and, some from among them, will they slay, and, [some] persecute: ⁵⁰ That the blood of all the prophets which hath been shed from the foundation of the world, may be sought out, from this generation,–– ⁵¹ From the blood of Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah who was destroyed betwixt the altar and the house; Yea! I say unto you––It shall be sought out from this generation.

⁵² Which of the prophets, did not your fathers persecute? Yea they slew them who declared beforehand concerning the coming of the Righteous One––of whom, now, ye, have become, betrayers and murderers!

¹⁵ Who have both slain the, Lord, Jesus––and the prophets, and, us, have persecuted, and, unto God, are displeasing, and, unto all men, are contrary,–– ¹⁶ Hindering us from speaking, unto the nations, that they might be saved, to the filling up of their own sins, continually; but anger hath overtaken them at length.