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All who honored her despise her, for they have all seen her naked; she herself groans and turns away. <a href="/nlt/lamentations/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> Jerusalem has sinned greatly, so she has been tossed away like a filthy rag. All who once honored her now despise her, for they have seen her stripped naked and humiliated. All she can do is groan and hide her face. <a href="/esv/lamentations/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> Jerusalem sinned grievously; therefore she became filthy; all who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns her face away. <a href="/bsb/lamentations/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. <a href="/kjv/lamentations/1.htm">King James Bible</a> Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. <a href="/nkjv/lamentations/1.htm">New King James Version</a> Jerusalem has sinned gravely, Therefore she has become vile. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Yes, she sighs and turns away. <a href="/nasb_/lamentations/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has become an object of ridicule. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away. <a href="/nasb/lamentations/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has become an unclean thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away. <a href="/nasb77/lamentations/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has become an unclean thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away. <a href="/lsb/lamentations/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Jerusalem sinned greatly; Therefore she has become an impure thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself sighs and turns away. <a href="/amp/lamentations/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Jerusalem sinned greatly; Therefore she has become an unclean thing [and has been removed]. All who honored her [now] despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns [her face] away. <a href="/csb/lamentations/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Jerusalem has sinned grievously; therefore, she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness. She herself groans and turns away. <a href="/hcsb/lamentations/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Jerusalem has sinned grievously; therefore, she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness. She herself groans and turns away. <a href="/asv/lamentations/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; All that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: Yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. <a href="/cev/lamentations/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jerusalem's horrible sins have made the city a joke. Those who once admired her now hate her instead--she has been disgraced; she groans and turns away. <a href="/erv/lamentations/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. <a href="/gwt/lamentations/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Jerusalem has sinned so much that it has become a filthy thing. Everyone who used to honor it now despises it. They've seen it naked. Jerusalem groans and turns away. <a href="/gnt/lamentations/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> Her honor is gone; she is naked and held in contempt. She groans and hides her face in shame. Jerusalem made herself filthy with terrible sin. <a href="/isv/lamentations/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> Jerusalem sinned greatly, and she became unclean. All who honored her now despise her, because they saw her naked. She herself groans and turns her face away. <a href="/msb/lamentations/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. <a href="/net/lamentations/1.htm">NET Bible</a> Jerusalem committed terrible sin; therefore she became an object of scorn. All who admired her have despised her because they have seen her nakedness. She groans aloud and turns away in shame. <a href="/nheb/lamentations/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she has become as an unclean thing; all who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she groans, and turns away. <a href="/wbt/lamentations/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sigheth and turneth backward. <a href="/web/lamentations/1.htm">World English Bible</a> Jerusalem has grievously sinned. Therefore she has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness. Yes, she sighs and turns backward. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/lamentations/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> A sin has Jerusalem sinned, "" Therefore she has become impure, "" All who honored her have esteemed her lightly, "" For they have seen her nakedness, "" Indeed, she herself has sighed and turns backward. <a href="/ylt/lamentations/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> A sin hath Jerusalem sinned, Therefore impure she hath become, All who honoured her have esteemed her lightly, For they have seen her nakedness, Yea, she herself hath sighed and turneth backward. <a href="/slt/lamentations/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Jerusalem sinned a sin; for this she was for a removing: all honoring her despised her, for they saw her nakedness: also she sighed, and she will turn away behind.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/lamentations/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Heth. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned, therefore is she become unstable: all that honoured her have despised her, because they have seen her shame: but she sighed and turned backward. <a href="/cpdv/lamentations/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> HETH. Jerusalem has sinned a grievous sin. Because of this, she has become unstable. All who glorified her have spurned her, because they have looked upon her disgrace. Then she groaned and turned away again. <a href="/nabre/lamentations/1.htm">New American Bible</a> Jerusalem has sinned grievously, therefore she has become a mockery; Those who honored her now demean her, for they saw her nakedness; She herself groans out loud, and turns away. <a href="/nrsvce/lamentations/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Jerusalem sinned grievously, so she has become a mockery; all who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans, and turns her face away.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/lamentations/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she has become an abomination; all who honored her, despise her, because they see her nakedness; yea, she sighs and turns backward. <a href="/hpbt/lamentations/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Kheth Jerusalem has sinned a sin, because of this she has become an abomination. All who honored her despise her, because they saw her nakedness; also she has groaned and she has turned her back<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/lamentations/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Jerusalem hath grievously sinned, Therefore she is become as one unclean; All that honoured her despise her, Because they have seen her nakedness; She herself also sigheth, And turneth backward. <a href="/sep/lamentations/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> HETH. Jerusalem has sinned a great sin; therefore has she come into tribulation, all that used to honour her have afflicted her, for they have seen her shame: yea, she herself groaned, and turned backward. <a href="/parallel/lamentations/1-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rKrWuOkEqzQ?start=105" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/lamentations/1.htm">How Lonely Lies the City</a> …7In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall. 8<a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/2399.htm" title="2399: ḥêṭ (N-ms) -- A sin. From chata'; a crime or its penalty.">has sinned greatly;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: ḥā·ṭə·’āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yā·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">she has become</a> <a href="/hebrew/5206.htm" title="5206: lə·nî·ḏāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Impurity. Feminine of niyd; removal, i.e. Exile.">an object of scorn.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/3513.htm" title="3513: mə·ḵab·bə·ḏe·hā (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3fs) -- Or kabed; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. In a bad sense or in a good sense (in the same two senses).">who honored her</a> <a href="/hebrew/2107.htm" title="2107: hiz·zî·lū·hā (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp:: 3fs) -- To lavish. A primitive root; probably to shake out, i.e. to scatter profusely; figuratively, to treat lightly.">now despise her,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">they have seen</a> <a href="/hebrew/6172.htm" title="6172: ‘er·wā·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Nakedness. From arah; nudity, literally or figuratively.">her nakedness;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">she herself</a> <a href="/hebrew/584.htm" title="584: ne·’en·ḥāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- To sigh, groan. A primitive root; to sigh.">groans</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wat·tā·šāḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">and turns</a> <a href="/hebrew/268.htm" title="268: ’ā·ḥō·wr (N-ms) -- The hind side, back part. Or achor; from Achiyra'; the hinder part; hence behind, backward; also the West.">away.</a> 9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27</a> Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?” <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. <a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37</a> therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked. <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Jeremiah 2:19</a> Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts. <a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">Hosea 5:5</a> Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them. <a href="/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Ezekiel 23:9</a> Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted. <a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a> The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves. <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Jeremiah 3:3</a> Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed. <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15</a> But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking. <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5</a> For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’ <a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Jeremiah 4:30</a> And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life. <a href="/ezekiel/23-29.htm">Ezekiel 23:29</a> They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity <a href="/isaiah/47-3.htm">Isaiah 47:3</a> Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” <a href="/jeremiah/6-15.htm">Jeremiah 6:15</a> Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37-39</a> therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked. / And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy. / Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns backward.hath<a href="/lamentations/1-5.htm">Lamentations 1:5,20</a> Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy… <a href="/1_kings/8-46.htm">1 Kings 8:46,47</a> If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; … <a href="/1_kings/9-7.htm">1 Kings 9:7,9</a> Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: … removed.<a href="/jeremiah/15-4.htm">Jeremiah 15:4</a> And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.<a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Jeremiah 24:9</a> And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.<a href="/jeremiah/34-17.htm">Jeremiah 34:17</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.all<a href="/lamentations/4-15.htm">Lamentations 4:15,16</a> They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there… <a href="/lamentations/5-12.htm">Lamentations 5:12-16</a> Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured… <a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">1 Samuel 2:30</a> Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.they<a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21</a> Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.<a href="/isaiah/47-3.htm">Isaiah 47:3</a> Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.<a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Jeremiah 13:22,26</a> And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare… she sigheth<a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm">Lamentations 1:4,11,21,22</a> The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness… <a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Lamentations 2:10</a> The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.<a href="/jeremiah/4-31.htm">Jeremiah 4:31</a> For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm">Backward</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm">Breathing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-47.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-24.htm">Despise</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm">Face</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Filthy</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-5.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-19.htm">Grievously</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-19.htm">Honored</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-6.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm">Honoured</a> <a href="/ezra/9-11.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-7.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Nakedness</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-51.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/romans/8-26.htm">Sighs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-5.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-24.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-24.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-34.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Backward</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-11.htm">Breathing</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-32.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Despise</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-19.htm">Face</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-17.htm">Filthy</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-11.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm">Grievously</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-12.htm">Honored</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-16.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-12.htm">Honoured</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-9.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-17.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Nakedness</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-17.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-30.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-22.htm">Sighs</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-42.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-13.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-3.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-3.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-9.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Lamentations 1</div>1. <a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">The miseries of Jerusalem and of the Jews lamented</a> 12. <a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm">The attention of beholders demanded to this unprecedented case</a> 18. <a href="/lamentations/1-18.htm">The justice of God acknowledged, and his mercy supplicated.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The city of Jerusalem, representing the people of Judah, is depicted as having committed significant transgressions against God. This sinfulness is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, where the prophets often call out the idolatry, injustice, and covenant unfaithfulness of the Israelites. The gravity of Jerusalem's sin is emphasized, suggesting a deep-seated rebellion against God's laws and commands. This echoes the warnings given by prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah, who urged the people to repent and return to God.therefore she has become an object of scorn. As a consequence of her sins, Jerusalem has fallen from her esteemed position and is now ridiculed by the nations. This fulfills the warnings found in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience to God's covenant would lead to national disgrace and humiliation. The city's downfall serves as a public display of divine judgment, illustrating the principle that sin leads to shame and dishonor.All who honored her now despise her, Jerusalem was once a city of great renown, respected by surrounding nations for her beauty, strength, and the presence of the Temple, which symbolized God's dwelling among His people. However, those who once held her in high regard now look down upon her with contempt. This shift in perception underscores the severity of her fall and the complete reversal of her fortunes, as prophesied in passages like <a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">Jeremiah 19:8</a>.for they have seen her nakedness; The exposure of Jerusalem's "nakedness" is a metaphor for her shame and vulnerability. In ancient Near Eastern culture, nakedness was associated with disgrace and humiliation. This imagery suggests that Jerusalem's sins have been laid bare for all to see, leaving her defenseless and exposed. The concept of nakedness as shame is also found in <a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Genesis 3:7</a>, where Adam and Eve's sin leads to their awareness of their own nakedness.she herself groans and turns away. Jerusalem's response to her condition is one of deep sorrow and regret. The groaning signifies the city's anguish and suffering under the weight of her judgment. Turning away indicates a sense of hopelessness and despair, as she is unable to face her own disgrace. This lamentation reflects the broader theme of the book, which is a poetic expression of grief over the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of its people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, representing the people of God. It is central to the events of Lamentations, symbolizing the spiritual and physical state of the nation. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_prophet_jeremiah.htm">The Prophet Jeremiah</a> Traditionally considered the author of Lamentations, he is known as the "weeping prophet" due to his deep sorrow over the destruction of Jerusalem. 3. <a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a> The historical context of Lamentations, where the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem, leading to the destruction of the city and the temple, and the exile of its people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a> Refers to the surrounding peoples who once respected Jerusalem but now scorn her due to her downfall. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sin_and_judgment.htm">Sin and Judgment</a> The overarching theme of Lamentations, highlighting the consequences of Jerusalem's sins and the resulting divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Sin has tangible consequences, both spiritually and physically. Jerusalem's downfall serves as a stark reminder of the seriousness of turning away from God. <a href="/topical/t/the_loss_of_honor.htm">The Loss of Honor</a> Once a city of honor, Jerusalem's sin led to her disgrace. This teaches us that sin can strip away our dignity and the respect of others. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a> The groaning and turning away of Jerusalem symbolize a need for repentance. We are called to recognize our sins and turn back to God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_judgment.htm">God's Faithfulness in Judgment</a> Even in judgment, God remains faithful to His word. Understanding this helps us trust in His justice and mercy. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a> While Lamentations is a book of sorrow, it also points to the hope of restoration. God's discipline is meant to bring us back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_lamentations_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Lamentations 1</a> <a href="/q/why_blame_invaders,_not_israel,_in_psalm_79.htm">Why does Psalm 79 place sole blame on invading nations without acknowledging Israel’s own possible role in its downfall?</a> <a href="/q/why_has_jerusalem_faced_such_sorrow.htm">Why has Jerusalem suffered such great devastation and sorrow?</a> <a href="/q/is_jerusalem's_desolation_in_lamentations_true.htm">Does archaeological evidence confirm that Jerusalem was truly deserted as stated in Lamentations 1:1?</a> <a href="/q/why_conflicting_accounts_of_jerusalem's_capture.htm">In Judges 1:8 versus 1:21, why does it say Judah captured Jerusalem but Benjamin couldn't drive out the Jebusites, leading to conflicting accounts about Jerusalem's conquest?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/lamentations/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) Therefore she is removed.--The verb is used technically for the separation of a woman under ceremonial defilement; and the daughter of Zion in her sin and shame is compared (as in <a href="/lamentations/1-17.htm" title="Zion spreads forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD has commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.">Lamentations 1:17</a>) to such a woman. The figure is continued with a startling boldness. Like a woman exposed to the gaze of scorners, Jerusalem would fain turn her back upon those who exult in the twofold nakedness of her sin and of its punishment.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/lamentations/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - Therefore she is removed; rather, she is become an abomination (literally, an impurity; comp. <a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Leviticus 15:19</a>). The poet leaves out the preliminary clause, "therefore she is grievously punished." It was the humiliation of Jerusalem, rather than her sin, which brought upon her the contempt of her neighbours. The destruction of a city is often compared to the ill treatment of a defenceless woman (<a href="/isaiah/47-3.htm">Isaiah 47:3</a>; <a href="/nahum/3-5.htm">Nahum 3:5</a>). <a href="/commentaries/lamentations/1-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Jerusalem יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel has sinned greatly; חֵ֤טְא (ḥêṭ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2399.htm">Strong's 2399: </a> A crime, its penalty therefore עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against she has become הָיָ֑תָה (hā·yā·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be an object of scorn. לְנִידָ֣ה (lə·nî·ḏāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5206.htm">Strong's 5206: </a> Removal, exile All כָּֽל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every who honored her מְכַבְּדֶ֤יהָ (mə·ḵab·bə·ḏe·hā) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3513.htm">Strong's 3513: </a> To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome now despise her, הִזִּיל֙וּהָ֙ (hiz·zî·lū·hā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2107.htm">Strong's 2107: </a> To shake out, to scatter profusely, to treat lightly for כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction they have seen רָא֣וּ (rā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see her nakedness; עֶרְוָתָ֔הּ (‘er·wā·ṯāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6172.htm">Strong's 6172: </a> Nakedness she הִ֥יא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are herself groans נֶאֶנְחָ֖ה (ne·’en·ḥāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_584.htm">Strong's 584: </a> To sigh, groan and turns וַתָּ֥שָׁב (wat·tā·šāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again away. אָחֽוֹר׃ (’ā·ḥō·wr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_268.htm">Strong's 268: </a> The hinder part, behind, backward, the West <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">OT Prophets: Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem has grievously sinned (Lam. 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