4:13a But this was

But that is what happened. (Translation for Translators)
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This happened

4:13b for the sins of her prophets

It happened because the prophets sinned, (Translation for Translators)
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because the prophets of Jerusalem sinned.

4:13c and the guilt of her priests,

and the priests also sinned. (Translation for Translators)
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Her priests had done evil things. (New International Reader’s Version)

4:13d who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

They had killed righteous people in Jerusalem.
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They had caused good people to die. (Easy English Bible)

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