Revised Literal Translation
Lamentations 5:16
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 musick. 15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. 18Because of 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! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
- Job 19:9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
- Psalms 89:39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
- Jeremiah 13:18Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
- Ezekiel 21:26Thus saith the Lord Yhwh; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
- Revelation 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall 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 a crown of life.
- Revelation 3:11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
- Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured 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, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
- Lamentations 4:13For the sins of her prophets, and the 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 shew 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 rewarded evil unto themselves.
- Jeremiah 2:17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Yhwh 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, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
- Ezekiel 7:17All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
- Ezekiel 22:12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Yhwh.
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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- 1. Lamentations 5:16 The…: Heb. The crown of our head is fallen. ↩
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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