The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned!
The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned!
The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.
The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned!
The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned.
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us! for we have sinned.
The crown is fallen from our head - At feasts, marriages, etc., they used to crown themselves with garlands of flowers; all festivity of this kind was now at an end. Or it may refer to their having lost all sovereignty, being made slaves.
Literally, "The crown of our head is fallen," i. e. what was our chief ornament and dignity is lost; the independence of the nation, and all that gave them rank and honor.
5:16 The crown - All our honour, splendor and dignity.