Lamentations 4:12-14

New Catholic Bible

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]
14 They staggered blindly in the streets,
    so defiled with blood
that not one of the people dared
    to touch their garments.