Parallel Verses English 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. King James Bible 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, American Standard Version It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her. Douay-Rheims Bible Mem. 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. English Revised Version It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Lamentations 4:13 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe second strophe. - Lamentations 4:7, Lamentations 4:8. The picture of the misery that has befallen the princes. נזירים, princes, prop. separati, here non voto (Nazarites) sed dignitate, as Nolde appropriately remarks; see on Genesis 49:26. זכך is used, Job 15:15; Job 25:5, of the brightness of the heaven and the stars; here it is used of female beauty. Thenius would refer "pure (or bright) as snow and milk" to the white clothing, "because the Orientals have not milk-white faces." But the second member irrefragably shows that the reference is to bodily form; and for the very reason adduced by Thenius, a comparatively whiter skin than is commonly met with is esteemed more beautiful. So also does Sol 5:10, "My friend is white and red," show the high esteem in which beauty was held (Gerlach). אדם, to be reddish. עצם, "bone," for the body (pars pro toto). פּנינים, not (white) pearls, but (red) corals. "The white and the red are to be understood as mixed, and shading into one another, as our popular poetry speaks of cheeks which 'like milk and purple shine' " (Delitzsch on Job 28:18, Clark's translation). "Sapphire their form" (גּזרה, prop. cut, taille, of the shape of the body). The point of the comparison is not the colour, but the luminosity, of this precious stone. Once on a time the princes glittered so; but (Lamentations 4:8) now their form is dark as blackness, i.e., every trace of beauty and splendour has vanished. Through hunger and want their appearance is so disfigured, that they are no longer recognised in the streets (חוּצות, in contrast with "at home," in their own neighbourhood). "The skin sticks to the bones," so emaciated are they; cf. Psalm 102:4; Job 19:20. צפד, ἅπ. λεγ., to adhere firmly. The skin has become dry (יבשׁ) like wood. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the sins that Cross References Matthew 23:31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Jeremiah 2:30 In vain have I struck your children; they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion. Jeremiah 5:31 the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes? Jeremiah 6:13 "For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. Jeremiah 26:8 And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, "You shall die! Jeremiah 26:9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, 'This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant'?" And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. Lamentations 2:14 Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oracles that are false and misleading. Jump to Previous Blood Drained Evil-Doing Iniquities Midst Priests Prophets Righteous Shed Shedding Sins Upright WithinJump to Next Blood Drained Evil-Doing Iniquities Midst Priests Prophets Righteous Shed Shedding Sins Upright WithinLinks Lamentations 4:13 NIVLamentations 4:13 NLT Lamentations 4:13 ESV Lamentations 4:13 NASB Lamentations 4:13 KJV Lamentations 4:13 Bible Apps Lamentations 4:13 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 4:13 Chinese Bible Lamentations 4:13 French Bible Lamentations 4:13 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |