Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! New Living Translation The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned. English Standard Version The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! Berean Standard Bible The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! King James Bible The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! New King James Version The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! New American Standard Bible The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned! NASB 1995 The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned! NASB 1977 The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned! Legacy Standard Bible The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned! Amplified Bible The crown has fallen from our head [our honor is covered with dust]! Woe to us, for we have sinned! Christian Standard Bible The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned. Holman Christian Standard 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. Contemporary English Version Zion's glory has disappeared! And we are doomed because of our sins. English Revised Version The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us! for we have sinned. GOD'S WORD® Translation The crown has fallen from our head. Because we have sinned, it has been disastrous for us. Good News Translation Nothing is left of all we were proud of. We sinned, and now we are doomed. International Standard Version The crown has fallen from our head— woe to us, because we have sinned! Majority Standard Bible The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! NET Bible The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! New Heart English Bible The crown is fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned. Webster's Bible Translation The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned! World English Bible The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe crown has fallen [from] our head, "" Woe [is] now to 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. Smith's Literal Translation The crown of our head fell: wo! now to us, for we sinned. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe crown is fallen from our head woe to us, because we have sinned. Catholic Public Domain Version The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned. New American Bible The crown has fallen from our head: woe to us that we sinned! New Revised Standard Version The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The crown of our head has fallen! Woe to us, because we have sinned! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The crown is fallen from our head; Woe unto us! for we have sinned. Brenton Septuagint Translation The crown has fallen from our head: yea, woe to us! for we have sinned. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prayer for Restoration…15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. 16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! 17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—… Cross References Jeremiah 13:18 Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.” Isaiah 3:26 And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground. Ezekiel 21:26 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. Hosea 10:7 Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water. Psalm 89:39 You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust. 1 Samuel 15:28 So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you. 2 Samuel 1:10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.” 2 Kings 17:20-23 So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. / When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin. / The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them. ... Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. Daniel 5:20 But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him. Matthew 23:12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Luke 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you. 1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you. Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Treasury of Scripture The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned! the crown 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! Job 19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. Psalm 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. is fallen from our head. Lamentations 1:8,18 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 2:1 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 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, Jump to Previous Crown Fallen Head Ours Sinned Sinners Sorrow Wo WoeJump to Next Crown Fallen Head Ours Sinned Sinners Sorrow Wo WoeLamentations 5 1. A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.The crown has fallen This phrase symbolizes the loss of glory, authority, and honor that once belonged to the people of Israel. In the Hebrew context, the "crown" (עֲטֶרֶת, 'atarah) often represents kingship or divine favor. Historically, this reflects the fall of Jerusalem and the end of the Davidic monarchy, a devastating event for the Israelites who saw their city and temple as the center of their spiritual and national identity. The imagery of a fallen crown evokes a deep sense of loss and humiliation, as the people recognize that their exalted status has been stripped away due to their disobedience. from our head Woe to us for we have sinned 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. Verse 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.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The crownעֲטֶ֣רֶת (‘ă·ṭe·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5850: A crown, wreath has fallen נָֽפְלָה֙ (nā·p̄ə·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5307: To fall, lie from our head. רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ (rō·šê·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 7218: The head Woe to us, אֽוֹי־ (’ō·w-) Interjection Strong's 188: Lamentation, Oh! for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction we have sinned! חָטָֽאנוּ׃ (ḥā·ṭā·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn Links Lamentations 5:16 NIVLamentations 5:16 NLT Lamentations 5:16 ESV Lamentations 5:16 NASB Lamentations 5:16 KJV Lamentations 5:16 BibleApps.com Lamentations 5:16 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 5:16 Chinese Bible Lamentations 5:16 French Bible Lamentations 5:16 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: (Lam. 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