Lamentations 4:12-14

Complete Jewish Bible

¹² The kings of the earth could not believe,
neither could anyone living in the world,
that enemy or foe would ever enter
the gates of Yerushalayim.

¹³ It happened because of the sins of her prophets
and the offenses of her cohanim,
who, within her walls,
shed the blood of the righteous.

¹⁴ They wander in the streets like the blind;
they are so polluted with blood
that nobody is able
even to touch their clothing.