Lamentations 4:11-13

New Catholic Bible

¹¹ The Lord let his blazing anger pour forth
    and gave full vent to his wrath
as he kindled a fire in Zion
    that devoured her foundations.
¹² The kings of the earth never believed,
    nor did any of the inhabitants of the world,
that any adversary or enemy
    could ever penetrate the gates of Jerusalem.
¹³ That occurred because of the sins of her prophets
    and the crimes of her priests
who had shed within her walls
    the blood of the righteous.^[a]