Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem has sinned a great sin; 1 Therefore has she come into tribulation, 1 All that used to honor her have afflicted her, 1 For they have seen her shame: 1 Yea, she herself groaned, and turned backward. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Jerusalem remembered the days of her affliction, 1 And her rejection; 1 She thought on all her desirable things 1 Which were from the days of old, 1 When her people fell into the hands of the oppressor, 1 And there was none to help her: 1 When her enemies saw it 1 They laughed at her habitation. 1

9Her uncleanness is before her feet; 1 She remembered not her last end; 1 She has lowered her boasting tone, 1 There is none to comfort her. 1 Behold, O Lord, my affliction: 1 For the enemy has magnified himself. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:30Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall pass before me forever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honor them that honor me, and he that sets me at nought shall be despised.

1 Kings 9:6But if ye or your children do in anywise revolt from me, and do not keep my commandments and my ordinances, which Moses set before you, and ye go and serve other gods, and worship them:

1 Kings 9:9a Then Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David into his house which he built for himself in those days.

Isaiah 59:2Nay, your iniquities separate between you and God, and because of your sins has he turned away his face from you, so as not to have mercy upon you.

Jeremiah 6:28They are all disobedient, walking perversely: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupted.

Jeremiah 13:26I also will expose thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall be seen;

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 1:2-12

Lamentations Since what Solomon says, though contrary to the common opinion of the world, is certainly true, that sorrow is better than laughter, and it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting, we should come to the reading and consideration of the melancholy chapters of this book, not only willingly, but with an expectation to edify ourselves by them; and, that we may do this, we must compose ourselves to a holy sadness and resolve to weep with the weeping prophet. Let us consider,… Read the whole commentary →

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