Lam 4:13, Eze 22:3-6, Mat 23:35-37, 27:4, 25 | ESV | STEP | This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests , who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous .

3 You shall say, Thus says the Lord God: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that ^cher time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself! 4 You have become guilty ^dby the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought ^eyour days near, the appointed time of ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; most Hebrew manuscripts until} your years has come. ^gTherefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries. 5 Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; ^hyour name is defiled; ⁱyou are full of tumult.

6 “Behold, ^jthe princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.

Matthew 23:35-37

35 so that on you may come all ^kthe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^lAbel to the blood of ^mZechariah the son of Barachiah, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah} whom you murdered between ^othe sanctuary and ^pthe altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, ^qall these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

37 ^r“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^skills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^tgathered ^uyour children together ^vas a hen gathers her brood ^wunder her wings, and ^xyou were not willing!

Matthew 27:4

4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? ^ySee to it yourself.”

Matthew 27:25

25 And all the people answered, ^z“His blood be on us and ^aaon our children!”