Lamentaciones 5:16

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16 Nuestra cabeza se ha quedado sin corona.隆Ay de nosotros; 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F1 (wnvar trje hlpn) "cecidit corona capitis nostri", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
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Lamentaciones 5:16 In-Context

14 Ya no se sientan los ancianosa las puertas de la ciudad;no se escucha ya la m煤sica de los j贸venes.
15 En nuestro coraz贸n ya no hay gozo;la alegr铆a de nuestras danzas se convirti贸 en tristeza.
16 Nuestra cabeza se ha quedado sin corona.隆Ay de nosotros; hemos pecado!
17 Desfallece nuestro coraz贸n;se apagan nuestros ojos,
18 porque el monte Si贸n se halla desolado,y sobre 茅l rondan los chacales.
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