New English Translation
Lamentations 5:16
16The crown has fallen from our head; woe to 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 are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music. 15Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning. The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! 17Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears. 18For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.
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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 1:1Alas! The city once full of people now sits all alone! The prominent lady among the nations has become a widow! The princess who once ruled the provinces has become a forced laborer! ב (Bet)
- Job 19:9He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head.
- Psalms 89:39You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.
- Jeremiah 13:18The Lord told me, “Tell the king and the queen mother, ‘Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.
- Ezekiel 21:26this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tear off the turban, take off the crown! Things must change! Exalt the lowly, bring down the proud!
- Revelation 2:10Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
- Revelation 3:11I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away your crown.
- Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem committed terrible sin; therefore she became an object of scorn. All who admired her have despised her because they have seen her nakedness. She groans aloud and turns away in shame. ט (Tet)
- Lamentations 2:1Alas! The Lord has covered Daughter Zion with his anger. He has thrown down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he did not protect his temple when he displayed his anger. ב (Bet)
- Lamentations 4:13But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous. נ (Nun)
- Proverbs 14:34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
- Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
- Jeremiah 2:17You have brought all this on yourself, Israel, by deserting the Lord your God when he was leading you along the right path.
- Jeremiah 4:18“The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.”
- Ezekiel 7:17All of their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine.
- Ezekiel 22:12They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.
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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