Lamentations 5:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The crown is fallen. — The phrase is naturally symbolic of degradation, and need not be restricted to the destruction of the Temple or the devastation of Jerusalem.

We have sinned! — The confession of personal sinfulness produced by the contemplation of the miseries of the people contrasts, as has been already noticed, with the half-complaining tone of Lamentations 5:7.

Lamentations 5:16

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