Lamentations 5:16 “The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!”

Lamentations 5:16

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“The crown”

Psalm 89:39 Job 19:9 Jeremiah 13:18 Lamentations 1:1 Ezekiel 21:26 Revelation 3:11

Psalm 89:39 · BSB

You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

Job 19:9 · BSB

He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

Jeremiah 13:18 · BSB

Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

Lamentations 1:1 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 21:26 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.

Revelation 3:11 · BSB

I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

“woe”

Isaiah 3:9–11 Lamentations 4:13 Lamentations 1:8 Lamentations 1:18 Lamentations 2:1 Proverbs 14:34

Isaiah 3:9–11 · BSB

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.

Lamentations 4:13 · BSB

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.

Lamentations 1:8 · BSB

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.

Lamentations 1:18 · BSB

The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.

Lamentations 2:1 · BSB

How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.

Proverbs 14:34 · BSB

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

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