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Lamentations 5:16

World English Bible

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

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Lamentations 5:16 in other translations

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

Lamentations 5:16 · American Standard Version

Lamentations 5:16 in context

  1. 14The elders have ceased from the gate,
    and the young men from their music.
  2. 15The joy of our heart has ceased.
    Our dance is turned into mourning.
  3. 16The crown has fallen from our head.
    Woe to us, for we have sinned!
  4. 17For this our heart is faint.
    For these things our eyes are dim.
  5. 18For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate.
    The foxes walk on it.