Lamentations 5:16
14 The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15 Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
- KJV
- The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
- WEB
- The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
- ASV
- The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
- DARBY
- The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!
- BLB
- the crown has fallen [from] our head—woe to us, for we have sinned!
- ÅB
- Kronen er falt av vårt hode; ve oss, vi har syndet.
- OTB
- Kronen har falt fra vårt hode. Ve oss, for vi har syndet!
- B1930
- Kronen er falt av vårt hode; ve oss, vi har syndet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 89:39
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:9–11
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Read in contextJob 19:9
He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:18
Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
Read in contextLamentations 1:1
How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
Read in contextLamentations 4:13
But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:18
“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
Read in contextLamentations 1:8
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
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