Lamentations

Lamentations 1:8

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;^b

she herself groans and turns away.

Footnotes

b 1:8 Or her shame

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Jerusalem	יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
has sinned greatly	חֵ֤טְא	ḥêṭ	Noun - masculine singular	H2399 sin
therefore	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
she has become	הָיָ֑תָה	hā·yā·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
an object of scorn	לְנִידָ֣ה	lə·nî·ḏāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H5206 id.
All	כָּֽל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
who honored her	מְכַבְּדֶ֤יהָ	mə·ḵab·bə·ḏe·hā	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
now despise her	הִזִּיל֙וּהָ֙	hiz·zî·lū·hā	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural; third person feminine singular	H2107 lavish
for	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they have seen	רָא֣וּ	rā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7200 see
her nakedness	עֶרְוָתָ֔הּ	‘er·wā·ṯāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6172 nakedness, pudenda
she herself	הִ֥יא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
groans	נֶאֶנְחָ֖ה	ne·’en·ḥāh	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H584 sigh, groan
and turns	וַתָּ֥שָׁב	wat·tā·šāḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7725 turn back, return
away	אָחֽוֹר׃ס	’ā·ḥō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H268 the hinder side, back part

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Lamentations 1:20–22 · Isaiah 59:2–13 · Jeremiah 13:22 · Lamentations 1:11 · Lamentations 1:4–5 · Jeremiah 13:26

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.