Lamentations 4:12-14

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¹² The kings in the other cities on earth could not believe it.^[a]
None of the people on earth could believe it.
They thought that no enemy could go through Jerusalem's gates.
¹³ God punished Jerusalem and its people because their leaders sinned.
God did not like the things that their prophets and priests did.
They had caused good people to die.
¹⁴ Those leaders walked in the streets like men who cannot see.
There was blood on their clothes and everybody was afraid to touch them.