American Standard Version
Lamentations 5:16
16The crown is fallen from our head:Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
Lamentations 5:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
- New International Version (NIV)The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
- English Standard Version (ESV)The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
- New King James Version (NKJV)The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Context of Lamentations 5:16
14The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music. 15The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning. The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned. 17For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim; 18For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.
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נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:16
- Lamentations 1:1How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She is become as a widow, that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
- Job 19:9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
- Psalms 89:39Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
- Jeremiah 13:18Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.
- Ezekiel 21:26thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
- Revelation 2:10Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
- Revelation 3:11I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.
- Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem 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 2:1How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He hath cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, And hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
- Lamentations 4:13It isbecause of the sins of her prophets, andthe iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
- Proverbs 14:34Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people.
- Isaiah 3:9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.
- Jeremiah 2:17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
- Jeremiah 4:18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.
- Ezekiel 7:17All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
- Ezekiel 22:12In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Commentaries on Lamentations 5:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The crown is fallen from our head - At feasts, marriages, etc., they used to crown themselves with garlands of flowers; all festivity of this kind was now at an end. Or it may refer to their having lost all sovereignty, being made slaves.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Literally, “The crown of our head is fallen,” i. e. what was our chief ornament and dignity is lost; the independence of the nation, and all that gave them rank and honor.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17These terrible things happened because the people had sinned (see Isaiah 24:7–12; Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 13:18; Jeremiah 25:10–11; Amos 8:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. The crown--all our glory, the kingdom and the priesthood (Job 19:9; Psa 89:39, 44).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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