Lamentations 4:12-16

12The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did the inhabitations of the world, that enemy and foe would enter the gates of Jerusalem.

13Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her kohanim, who shed in her midst the blood of the tzadikim .

14They wander in the streets, like blind men. They are so defiled with blood, no one can touch their garments.

15“Turn away! Unclean!” They cry to them. “Turn away, turn away! Don’t touch!” So they fled and wandered about. People among the nations say, “They can stay here no longer.”

16Adonai Himself has scattered them. He will look on them no more. They did not respect the kohanim. They did not favor the elders.