Lamentations 5 · Verse 16

Lamentations 5:16

The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Lamentations 5:16, King James Version

Lamentations 5:16 in other translations

BSBThe crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
WEBThe crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
ASVThe crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
YLTFallen hath the crown from our head, Woe is now to us, for we have sinned.
DARBYThe crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!
BBEThe crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.
WebsterThe crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned!

What does Lamentations 5:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. The crown--all our glory, the kingdom and the priesthood (Job 19:9; Psa 89:39, 44).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 The 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 5:1-16

The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favour. Verses 1-16 Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned!…

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Lamentations 5:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נָֽפְלָה֙na.fe.Lahit has fallenH5307
עֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.ret[the] crown ofH5850
רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּro.She.nuhead ourH7218
אֽוֹי\־'o-woe!H188
נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994
לָ֖נוּLa.nuto us
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
חָטָֽאנוּ\׃cha.Ta.nuwe have sinnedH2398

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Lamentations 5:16

  • Psalms 89:39

    Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

  • Isaiah 3:9-11

    The 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. Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Job 19:9

    He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

  • Jeremiah 13:18

    Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

  • Lamentations 1:1

    How 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!

  • Lamentations 4:13

    For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

  • Jeremiah 4:18

    Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

  • Lamentations 1:8

    Jerusalem 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 1:18

    The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

  • Revelation 3:11

    Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

  • Proverbs 14:34

    Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The crown.
1:1; Job 19:9; Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18; Eze 21:26; Re 2:10; 3:11
is fallen from our head. Heb. of our head is fallen. woe.
1:8,18; 2:1; 4:13; Pr 14:34; Isa 3:9-11; Jer 2:17,19; 4:18
Eze 7:17-22; 22:12-16; 2Pe 2:4-6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Lamentations 5:15

    The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

  • Lamentations 5:16

    The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

  • Lamentations 5:17

    For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

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Lamentations 5:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cayó la corona de nuestra cabeza: ¡ay ahora de nosotros! porque pecamos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La couronne de notre tête est tombée. Malheur à nous, car nous avons péché.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gefallen ist die Krone unseres Hauptes. Wehe uns! denn wir haben gesündigt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cecidit corona capitis nostri: væ nobis, quia peccavimus!