Lamentations 5:16
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. The final lament is a communal prayer that lacks the alphabetic acrostic of the previous four poems. The community cries for God to remember: their inheritance has been turned over to strangers, women have been violated, and old men sit …
Other Translations
The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
Fallen hath the crown <FI>from<Fi> our head, Woe <FI>is<Fi> now to us, for we have sinned.
The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.
Cross References
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. …
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the …
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because …
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an …
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee …
And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I …
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained …