Lamentations 1:8 - Exposition

Therefore she is removed; rather, she is become an abomination (literally, an impurity; comp. Le 15:19). The poet leaves out the preliminary clause, "therefore she is grievously punished." It was the humiliation of Jerusalem, rather than her sin, which brought upon her the contempt of her neighbours. The destruction of a city is often compared to the ill treatment of a defenceless woman ( Isaiah 47:3 ; Nahum 3:5 ).