<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">&#1496; (<i>Teti>)p> <p class="poetry">Her city gates have fallen<n id="1" /> to the ground;p> <p class="poetry">he smashed to bits<n id="2" /> the bars that lock her gates.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Her king and princes were taken into exile;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">there is no more guidance available.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">As for her prophets,p> <p class="poetry">they no longer receive<n id="6" /> a vision from the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

Her princes<n id="1" /> within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows<n id="2" /> within it.