Lamentations 1:8

Lamentations 1:8 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8Jerusalem has sinned greatly

and so has become unclean.

All who honored her despise her,

for they have all seen her naked;

she herself groans

and turns away.

8Jerusalem sinned greatly,

Therefore she has become an 1:8 Or abominationobject of ridicule.

All who honored her despise her

Because they have seen her nakedness;

Even she herself groans and turns away.

8Jerusalem 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.

8Jerusalem 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.

8Jerusalem has sinned greatly;

therefore she has become an object of scorn.

All who honored her now despise her,

for they have seen her nakedness;1:8 Or her shame

she herself groans and turns away.

8Her people have committed many sins.

They have become impure.

All those who honored Jerusalem now look down on her.

They all look at her as if she were a naked woman.

The city groans and turns away in shame.