Verse 16
Lamentations 5:16
Literal Standard Version
16
The crown has fallen from our head, || Woe is now to us, for we have sinned.
Original Language Text
hebrew
נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔/נוּ אֽוֹי נָ֥א לָ֖/נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ
English Translation
The crown of our head has fallen; woe to us, for we have sinned.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Remember, O YHWH, what has befallen us, || Look attentively, and see our reproach.
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2
Our inheritance has been turned to strangers, || Our houses to foreigners.
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3
Orphans we have been—without a father, our mothers are as widows.
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4
We have drunk our water for money, || Our wood comes for a price.
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5
For our neck we have been pursued, || We have labored—there has been no rest for us.
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6
To Egypt we have given a hand, || To Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
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7
Our fathers have sinned—they are not, || We have borne their iniquities.
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8
Servants have ruled over us, || There is no deliverer from their hand.
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9
With our lives we bring in our bread, || Because of the sword of the wilderness.
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10
Our skin as an oven has been burning, || Because of the raging of the famine.
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11
Wives in Zion they have humbled, || Virgins—in cities of Judah.
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12
Princes have been hanged by their hand, || Elderly faces have not been honored.
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13
They have taken young men to grind, || And youths have stumbled with wood.
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14
Elderly have ceased from the gate, || Young men from their song.
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15
The joy of our heart has ceased, || Our dancing has been turned to mourning.
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16
The crown has fallen from our head, || Woe is now to us, for we have sinned.
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Our heart has been sick for this, || Our eyes have been dim for these.
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18
For the Mount of Zion—that is desolate, || Foxes have gone up on it.
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19
You, O YHWH, remain for all time, || Your throne to generation and generation.
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20
Why do You forget us forever? You forsake us for the length of our days!
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21
Turn us back, O YHWH, to You, || And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
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22
For have You utterly rejected us? You have been angry against us—exceedingly?
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