Lamentations 5:16 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

Lamentations 5:15 The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Lamentations 5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!

Lamentations 5:17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,

Lamentations 5:18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "crown", "fallen", "head", and "sinned". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "crown" and "fallen", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "The joy of our heart hath ceased..." into verse 17's "For this our heart is faint for...", so "crown" and "fallen" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "crown" and "fallen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.