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Lamentations 5

Lam. 5:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The crown
`atarah (Hebrew #5850)
a crown
KJV usage: crown.
Pronounce: at-aw-raw'
Origin: from 5849
ρis fallen
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
from our head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
: woe
'owy (Hebrew #188)
lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!
KJV usage: alas, woe.
Pronounce: o'-ee
Origin: probably from 183 (in the sense of crying out after)
unto us, that we have sinned
chata' (Hebrew #2398)
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Pronounce: khaw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
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of our head is fallen.

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Cross References

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The crown.
Lam. 1:1• 1How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! She that was great among the nations is become as a widow; the princess among the provinces is become tributary! (Lam. 1:1)
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Job 19:9• 9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. (Job 19:9)
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Psa. 89:39• 39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground: (Psa. 89:39)
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Jer. 13:18• 18Say unto the king and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down low; for from your heads shall come down the crown of your magnificence. (Jer. 13:18)
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Ezek. 21:26• 26--thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre and take off the crown; what is shall be no more. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high. (Ezek. 21:26)
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Rev. 2:10• 10Fear nothing of what thou art about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of life. (Rev. 2:10)
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Rev. 3:11• 11I come quickly: hold fast what thou hast, that no one take thy crown. (Rev. 3:11)
is fallen from our head.
Heb. of our head is fallen.
woe.
Lam. 1:8,18• 8Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore is she removed as an impurity: all that honoured her despise her because they have seen her nakedness; and she sigheth, and turneth backward.
 18Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow. My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. (Lam. 1:8,18)
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Lam. 2:1• 1How hath the Lord in his anger covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud! He hath cast down from the heavens unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger. (Lam. 2:1)
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Lam. 4:13• 13It is for the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the righteous in the midst of her. (Lam. 4:13)
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Prov. 14:34• 34Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to peoples. (Prov. 14:34)
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Isa. 3:9‑11• 9The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves.
 10Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
 11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him. (Isa. 3:9‑11)
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Jer. 2:17,19• 17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way?
 19Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. (Jer. 2:17,19)
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Jer. 4:18• 18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, yea, it is bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart. (Jer. 4:18)
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Ezek. 7:17‑22• 17All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall melt into water.
 18And they shall gird on sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
 19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an impurity: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their belly; for it hath been the stumbling-block of their iniquity.
 20And he set in majesty his beautiful ornament; but they made therein the images of their abominations and of their detestable things: therefore have I made it an impurity unto them.
 21And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
 22And I will turn my face from them; and they shall profane my secret place; and the violent shall enter into it, and profane it. (Ezek. 7:17‑22)
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Ezek. 22:12‑16• 12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 13And behold, I have smitten mine hand at thine overreaching which thou hast done, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee.
 14Shall thy heart endure, shall thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I Jehovah have spoken, and will do it.
 15And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
 16And thou shalt be polluted through thyself in the sight of the nations, and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah. (Ezek. 22:12‑16)
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2 Peter 2:4‑6• 4For if God spared not the angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness to be kept for judgment;
 5and spared not the old world, but preserved Noe, the eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
 6and having reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, setting them as an example to those that should afterwards live an ungodly life; (2 Peter 2:4‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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