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Lamentations Chapter 5 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Lamentations 5:16

The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
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BBE Lamentations 5:16

The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.
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DARBY Lamentations 5:16

The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!
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KJV Lamentations 5:16

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

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WEB Lamentations 5:16

The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned.
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YLT Lamentations 5:16

Fallen hath the crown `from' our head, Wo `is' now to us, for we have sinned.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - The crown is fallen, etc.; rather, the crown of our head is fallen. The Jewish people is compared to a rich man at a banquet, crowned with a diadem (comp. Isaiah 28:1). Jeremiah has a similar phrase in his prophecies (Jeremiah 13:18). It evidently expresses figuratively the prosperity and honour formerly enjoyed by the now vanquished people.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) The crown is fallen.--The phrase is naturally symbolic of degradation, and need not be restricted to the destruction of the Temple or the devastation of Jerusalem.We have sinned!--The confession of personal sinfulness produced by the contemplation of the miseries of the people contrasts, as has been already noticed, with the half-complaining tone of Lamentations 5:7.