Lamentations 1:6-8

New King James Version

⁶And from the daughter of Zion
All her splendor has departed.
Her princes have become like deer
That find no pasture,
That ^[a]flee without strength
Before the pursuer.

⁷In the days of her affliction and roaming,
Jerusalem ^(A)remembers all her pleasant things
That she had in the days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy,
With no one to help her,
The adversaries saw her
And mocked at her ^[b]downfall.

⁸^(B)Jerusalem has sinned gravely,
Therefore she has become ^[c]vile.
All who honored her despise her
Because ^(C)they have seen her nakedness;
Yes, she sighs and turns away.

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Footnotes

Lamentations 1:6 Lit. are gone
Lamentations 1:7 Vg. Sabbaths
Lamentations 1:8 LXX, Vg. moved or removed

Lamentations 1:6-8

King James Version

⁶And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

⁷Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.

⁸Jerusalem 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.

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Lamentations 1:6-8

New International Version

⁶All the splendor has departed
    from Daughter Zion.^(A)
Her princes are like deer
    that find no pasture;
in weakness they have fled^(B)
    before the pursuer.

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,
    there was no one to help her.^(C)
Her enemies looked at her
    and laughed^(D) at her destruction.

⁸Jerusalem has sinned^(E) greatly
    and so has become unclean.^(F)
All who honored her despise her,
    for they have all seen her naked;^(G)
she herself groans^(H)
    and turns away.

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Lamentations 1:6-8

English Standard Version

⁶From the daughter of Zion
    all her majesty has departed.
Her princes have become like deer
    ^(A)that find no pasture;
they fled without strength
    before the pursuer.

⁷Jerusalem remembers
    in the days of her affliction and wandering
^(B)all the precious things
    that were hers from ^(C)days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the foe,
    and there was none to help her,
her foes gloated over her;
    they ^(D)mocked at her downfall.

⁸^(E)Jerusalem sinned grievously;
    therefore she became filthy;
all who honored her despise her,
    ^(F)for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself ^(G)groans
    and turns her face away.

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Lamentations 1:6-8

New American Standard Bible

⁶All of her ^(A)splendor
Is gone from the daughter of Zion;
Her leaders have become like deer
That have found no pasture,
And they have ^[a]^(B)fled without strength
^[b]From the pursuer.
⁷In the days of her affliction and homelessness
^(C)Jerusalem remembers all her treasures
That were hers since the days of old,
When her people fell into the hand of the adversary
And ^(D)no one helped her.
The adversaries saw her,
They ^(E)laughed at her ^[c]ruin.
⁸Jerusalem sinned ^(F)greatly,
Therefore ^(G)she has become an ^[d]object of ridicule.
All who honored her despise her
Because they have seen her nakedness;
Even ^(H)she herself groans and turns away.