Lamentations 4:12-16

12Not a king in all the earth— no one in all the world— would have believed that an enemy could march through the gates of Jerusalem.

13Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the sins of her priests, who defiled the city by shedding innocent blood.

14They wandered blindly through the streets, so defiled by blood that no one dared touch them.

15“Get away!” the people shouted at them. “You’re defiled! Don’t touch us!” So they fled to distant lands and wandered among foreign nations, but none would let them stay.

16The Lord himself has scattered them, and he no longer helps them. People show no respect for the priests and no longer honor the leaders.