מ (Mem)
4:13 But it happened 1 due to the sins of her prophets 2
and the iniquities of her priests,
who poured out in her midst
the blood of the righteous.
1 tn These words do not appear in the Hebrew, but are supplied to make sense of the line. The introductory causal preposition מִן (min) (“because”) indicates that this phrase – or something like it – is implied through elision.
2 tn There is no main verb in the verse; it is an extended prepositional phrase. One must either assume a verbal idea such as “But it happened due to…” or connect it to the following verses, which themselves are quite difficult. The former option was employed in the present translation.