Lamentaciones 5:16

16 Ha caído la corona de nuestra cabeza. ¡Ay de nosotros, pues hemos pecado!

Lamentaciones 5:16 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:16

The crown is fallen [from] our head
Or, "the crown of our head is fallen" ^F1; all their honour and glory as a nation were gone; the glory of their kingdom and priesthood, to both which a crown or mitre belonged; the glory of church and state. Aben Ezra interprets it of the temple, the place of the divine Majesty. Sanctius thinks there is an allusion to the crowns they wore upon their heads at their feasts and festivals; and so the words have a close connection with what goes before: woe unto us that we have sinned!
which had brought all these evils upon them: this is not to be considered as an imprecation or denunciation of misery; but as a commiseration of their case; calling upon others to it, and particularly God himself, to have mercy upon them; for, alas for them! they had sinned, and justly deserved what was come upon them; and therefore throw themselves at the feet of mercy, and implore divine compassion.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (wnvar trje hlpn) "cecidit corona capitis nostri", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Lamentaciones 5:16 In-Context

14 Los ancianos se han apartado de las puertas, los jóvenes de su música.

15 Ha cesado el gozo de nuestro corazón, se ha convertido en duelo nuestra danza.

16 Ha caído la corona de nuestra cabeza. ¡Ay de nosotros, pues hemos pecado!

17 Por esto está abatido nuestro corazón, por estas cosas se nublan nuestros ojos,

18 por el monte Sion que está asolado; las zorras merodean en él.