Bible verse
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Lamentations 5:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Lamentations 5.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
13 Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15 Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
19 You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
20 Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
KJV
The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
ASV
The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
ERV
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us! for we have sinned.
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