Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; All who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: Yes, she sighs, and turns backward.
"She sigheth, and turneth backward"  (Lamentations 1:8).  "She turns her back upon her spectators in order to hide herself from their gaze."[15] We can understand why she would not face her tormenters.  The gross and shameful humiliation of Jerusalem in the calamities which had befallen her were equivalent in every way to that ancient, shameless punishment of harlots. "The proud lady (Jerusalem) has become a fallen woman by participating in the demoralizing rites of the worship of Baal."[16] In consequence, she is suffering a similar shame and humiliation.