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Lamentations 5:16
16And we have no king in Jerusalem any longer. We have sinned, so it will be very bad for us.
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
14Our enemies no longer let our old men decide things. The old men cannot say what is right or fair for us. And the young men have stopped their music. 15We are not happy any longer. Instead, we are very sad, so we do not dance any longer. And we have no king in Jerusalem any longer. We have sinned, so it will be very bad for us. 17So our bodies feel ill and we feel ill deep inside us. Our eyes are very tired and we cannot hope for good things any longer. 18We are so sad because they destroyed Zion's walls and buildings. Wild animals walk on them now.
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נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:16
- Lamentations 1:1The city that was full of people is lonely now. The city is like the wife of a dead husband. Once she was great. She was like a queen among the other places in the country. Now she is a slave.
- Job 19:9He has taken away my honour so that nobody respects me.
- Psalms 89:39You have spoiled the covenant that you made with your servant. You have thrown his crown into the dirt.
- Jeremiah 13:18Tell the king and his mother, “Come down from your thrones. Your beautiful crowns will soon fall from your heads.”
- Ezekiel 21:26This is what the Almighty Lord says: Take off the special cloth from the king's head. Remove his crown! Everything will change! Give honour to humble people! Make proud people ashamed!
- Revelation 2:10I know that trouble will soon come to you. But do not be afraid. Listen! The Devil will cause some of you to go to prison. He wants to see whether you will continue to believe in me. As a result, you will suffer for ten days. But continue to trust me, even if you die. Then you will win against the Devil. I will give you a gift, as they give a crown to the winner of a race. You will have life with me for ever.
- Revelation 3:11I will come soon. Continue to obey my message that you already know. Then nobody can take away your crown which is God's gift to you.
- Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem's people have sinned very much. That is why this city is not clean any longer. People thought that this city was the best. Now they think that it is not important. They see it as it is. Jerusalem's people make sad noises and they want to hide themselves away.
- Lamentations 2:1The Lord was very angry. He wanted Zion's people to be ashamed. Zion was the most beautiful city in Israel. But he has put it down to the ground from its high place. Zion was like a place where he had rested his feet. Now that he is angry, he has forgotten about that.
- Lamentations 4:13God punished Jerusalem and its people because their leaders sinned. God did not like the things that their prophets and priests did. They had caused good people to die.
- Proverbs 14:34A nation will receive honour when its people do what is right. But sin will bring shame on its people.
- Isaiah 3:9Their proud faces show that they are guilty. Their sins are as bad as the sins of Sodom's people. And they do not try to hide it! It will be very bad for them! They have caused great trouble for themselves.
- Jeremiah 2:17You Israelites have caused this to happen. The Lord your God was leading you on the right way. But you decided not to follow him any longer.
- Jeremiah 4:18I will punish you very much, because that is what you deserve. You have lived in a wicked way and you have done evil things. My punishment will give you pain that goes all through you.’
- Ezekiel 7:17Their hands will be weak. Their knees will shake.
- Ezekiel 22:12People among you accept bribes to kill somebody. When some of you lend money to people, you make them pay more money back to you. Some of you use your power to make people give you money. You people of Jerusalem have forgotten me. That is what the Lord says.
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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