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Verse 16. _THE CROWN IS FALLEN_ FROM _OUR HEAD_] At feasts, marriages,
c., 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...
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Literally, “The crown of our head is fallen,” i. e. what was our
chief ornament and dignity is lost; the independence of the nation,
and all that gave them rank and honor....
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CHAPTER 5 THE PRAYER OF HOPE
The lamentations end with a prayer: “Remember, O LORD, what is come
upon us; consider and behold our reproach.” It is the prayer of
confession and of hope, which reaches t...
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LAMENTATIONS 5. A PRAYER. This chapter differs much from the previous
four. It is not a Lament, but one long pleading; and it is not the
chant of an individual, but of a company, a plural, we. It may...
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_The crown is fallen from our head_ Our honour is brought to the dust....
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THE CROWN IS FALLEN FROM OUR HEAD— At their fears, at their
marriages, and other seasons of festivity, they used to crown
themselves with flowers. The prophet probably alludes to this custom,
as we ma...
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
A PENITENT NATION
Lamentations 5:1-22
The form of the fifth poem differs in at least two respects from the
four which precede it. First, this poem is not in the acrostic form.
But...
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The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
THE CROWN - all our glory, the kingdom and the priesthood (; ; )....
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ZION'S EARNEST PETITION FOR DELIVERANCE
This final poem is not so much an elegy as a prayer or meditation. The
tone is more calm and spiritual than the others, with no trace of
vindictiveness. The poe...
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THE CROWN IS FALLEN _from_ OUR HEAD] a figurative expression conveying
the thought that Zion has lost her dignity of statehood.
WOE UNTO US, THAT WE HAVE SINNED] a distinct confession on the part of...
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JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS
LAMENTATIONS
_ROY ROHU_
CHAPTER 5
JEREMIAH IS PRAYING.
V1 Remember, *Lord, the suffering that has come upon us. Look down and
see our shame....
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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 o...
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נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֹֽוי
־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ...
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SIN AND SHAME
Lamentations 5:11
THE keynote of the fifth elegy is struck in its opening verse when the
poet calls upon God to remember the reproach that has been cast upon
His people. The preceding p...
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The final poem is an appeal out of sorrow to Jehovah. Speaking on
behalf of the whole nation, the prophet called on Jehovah to remember.
He described the actual desolation, telling of the affliction o...
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_Crown, used at feasts; (Calmet) or, we have lost the sovereign power.
(Worthington)_...
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We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be
satisfied with bread. Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we
have borne their iniquities. Servants have ruled over us: there...
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By the crown of the head he no doubt understands all those ornaments
by which that people had been adorned. They had a kingdom and a
priesthood, which were like two luminaries or two precious jewels;...
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The prophet can now present the whole affliction of the people to God,
as an object of compassion and mercy. This is an onward step in the
path of these deep exercises of heart. He is at peace with Go...
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THE CROWN IS FALLEN [FROM] OUR HEAD,.... Or, "the crown of our head is
fallen" a; all their honour and glory as a nation were gone; the glory
of their kingdom and priesthood, to both which a crown or...
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The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Ver. 16. _The crown is fallen from our head,_] _i.e., _ All our
glory, both of Church and State, because we refused to serve God...
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_Princes are hanged up by their hand_ By the hand of their enemies.
_They took the young men to grind_ To grind at the mill was the common
employment of slaves, Exodus 11:5. _The children fell under t...
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The crown is fallen from our head, their former position of glory and
honor and influence apparently being put from them forever. WOE UNTO
US THAT WE HAVE SINNED! The realization of sinfulness and the...
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT MISERY...
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THE CROWN IS FALLEN FROM OUR HEAD:
_ Heb._ the crown of our head is fallen [† symbol is missing in 1611
text]...
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1-16 Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out
his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not
of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient u...
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_ Or, The crown of our head is fallen_, by which is not only to be
understood the cessation of their kingdom, but all their honour,
splendour, and dignity (crown being taken in a metaphorical notion)....
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Lamentations 5:16 crown H5850 fallen H5307 (H8804) head H7218 Woe H188
sinned H2398 (H8804)
The crown -...
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The crown is fallen from our head,
Woe to us! for we have sinned.
The crown is fallen from our head' might be a reference to the fact
that they no longer had a king ruling over them. But far more lik...
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Lamentations 5:16
I. The secret of man's perfection may be summed up in these short
words: Love to God. The secret of man's sin may be stated as shortly:
Defect of love to God. As the former implies t...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation of the state of Judah in captivity.
Supplications for the return of mercy.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly, and God
is th...
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REFLECTIONS. Jeremiah in this last elegy continues the subject in more
minute details; and having no hope for the present, he consoles
himself with hope in the latter day. Psalms 85; Hosea 3. The insu...
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_The elders have ceased from the gate._
THE SEAT OF JUSTICE OVERTHROWN
1. It is a grievous plague unto a people when the seat of justice is
overthrown from among them.
(1) Reasons.
(A) It bringeth...
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
Lamentations 5:16. FALLEN IS THE CROWN FROM OUR HEAD. That which was
their honour has gone—the crown with which the Lord Jehovah had
decked His chosen nation. _I put … a beautiful c...
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EXPOSITION
LAMENTATIONS 5:1
INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM.
LAMENTATIONS 5:2...
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Fifth lamentation:
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our
reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to
aliens. We are orphans, fatherless, our mothers are...
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2 Peter 2:4; Ezekiel 21:26; Ezekiel 22:12; Ezekiel 7:17; Isaiah 3:9
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The crown — All our honour, splendor and dignity....