Lamentations 5:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! The crown is fallen from our head - At feasts, marriages, etc., they used to crown themselves with garlands of flowers; all festivity of this kind was now at an end. Or it may refer to their having lost all sovereignty, being made slaves.

Lamentations 5:16

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