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Lamentations 1:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly.+
  
  That is why she has become something abhorrent.
  
  All who used to honor her now treat her as something contemptible, for they have seen her nakedness.+
  
  She herself groans+ and turns away in shame.

Lamentations 1:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 8 Jerusalem has committed outright sin.+ That is why she has become a mere abhorrent thing.+
  All who were honoring her have treated her as something cheap,+ for they have seen her nakedness.+
  She herself is also sighing+ and turns her back.

Lamentations 1:8

The Bible in Living English
- 8 Jerusalem did sin, so she has become a piece of garbage;
  all who had been honoring her hold her cheap because they have seen her nakedness;
  she too moans and retreats backward.

Lamentations 1:8

American Standard Version
- 8 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.

Lamentations 1:8

The Emphasized Bible
- 8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned, For this cause unto exile hath she been delivered,—All who used to honour her have despised her for they have descried her unseemliness, Yea she herself hath sighed and turned back.

Lamentations 1:8

King James Version
- 8 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.