<p class="lamhebrew">&#1502; (<i>Memi>)p> <p class="poetry">But it happened<n id="1" /> due to the sins of her prophets<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the iniquities of her priests,p> <p class="poetry">who poured out in her midstp> <p class="poetry">the blood of the righteous.p>

<p class="poetry">Her prophets are proud;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are deceitful men.p> <p class="poetry">Her priests defile what is holy;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they break God&#8217;s laws.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1491; (<i>Daleti>)p> <p class="poetry">The roads to Zion<n id="1" /> mourn<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because no one<n id="3" /> travels to the festivals.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">All her city gates<n id="5" /> are deserted;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">her priests groan.<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">Her virgins grieve;<n id="8" />p> <p class="poetry">she is in bitter anguish!<n id="9" />p>

Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane,<n id="1" /> or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore<n id="2" /> my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.