Lamentations 5:16
New Living Translation
16 The garlands have[a] fallen from our heads.
Weep for us because we have sinned.
Footnotes
- 5:16 Or The crown has.
Lamentations 5:16
New International Version
Psalm 89:39
New Living Translation
39 You have renounced your covenant with him;
you have thrown his crown in the dust.
Psalm 89:39
New International Version
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant
and have defiled his crown in the dust.(A)
Jeremiah 13:18
New Living Translation
18 Say to the king and his mother,
“Come down from your thrones
and sit in the dust,
for your glorious crowns
will soon be snatched from your heads.”
Jeremiah 13:18
New International Version
Isaiah 3:9-11
New Living Translation
9 The very look on their faces gives them away.
They display their sin like the people of Sodom
and don’t even try to hide it.
They are doomed!
They have brought destruction upon themselves.
10 Tell the godly that all will be well for them.
They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!
11 But the wicked are doomed,
for they will get exactly what they deserve.
Isaiah 3:9-11
New International Version
Job 19:9
New Living Translation
9 He has stripped me of my honor
and removed the crown from my head.
Job 19:9
New International Version
Lamentations 1:1
New Living Translation
Sorrow in Jerusalem
1 Jerusalem, once so full of people,
is now deserted.
She who was once great among the nations
now sits alone like a widow.
Once the queen of all the earth,
she is now a slave.
Lamentations 1:1
New International Version
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Revelation 3:11
New Living Translation
11 I am coming soon.[a] Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown.
Footnotes
- 3:11 Or suddenly, or quickly.
Revelation 3:11
New International Version
Ezekiel 22:12-16
New Living Translation
12 There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere. They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign Lord.
13 “But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed. 14 How strong and courageous will you be in my day of reckoning? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I said. 15 I will scatter you among the nations and purge you of your wickedness. 16 And when I have been dishonored among the nations because of you,[a] you will know that I am the Lord.”
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- 22:16 As in one Hebrew manuscript and Greek and Syriac versions; Masoretic Text reads when you have been dishonored among the nations.
Ezekiel 22:12-16
New International Version
12 In you are people who accept bribes(A) to shed blood; you take interest(B) and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors.(C) And you have forgotten(D) me, declares the Sovereign Lord.(E)
13 “‘I will surely strike my hands(F) together at the unjust gain(G) you have made and at the blood(H) you have shed in your midst.(I) 14 Will your courage endure(J) or your hands(K) be strong in the day I deal with you? I the Lord have spoken,(L) and I will do it.(M) 15 I will disperse you among the nations and scatter(N) you through the countries; and I will put an end to(O) your uncleanness.(P) 16 When you have been defiled[a] in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the Lord.’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 22:16 Or When I have allotted you your inheritance
Ezekiel 21:26
New Living Translation
26 This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“Take off your jeweled crown,
for the old order changes.
Now the lowly will be exalted,
and the mighty will be brought down.
Ezekiel 21:26
New International Version
26 this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Take off the turban, remove the crown.(A) It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.(B)
Ezekiel 7:17-22
New Living Translation
17 Their hands will hang limp,
their knees will be weak as water.
18 They will dress themselves in burlap;
horror and shame will cover them.
They will shave their heads
in sorrow and remorse.
19 “They will throw their money in the streets,
tossing it out like worthless trash.
Their silver and gold won’t save them
on that day of the Lord’s anger.
It will neither satisfy nor feed them,
for their greed can only trip them up.
20 They were proud of their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make detestable idols and vile images.
Therefore, I will make all their wealth
disgusting to them.
21 I will give it as plunder to foreigners,
to the most wicked of nations,
and they will defile it.
22 I will turn my eyes from them
as these robbers invade and defile my treasured land.
Ezekiel 7:17-22
New International Version
17 Every hand will go limp;(A)
every leg will be wet with urine.(B)
18 They will put on sackcloth(C)
and be clothed with terror.(D)
Every face will be covered with shame,
and every head will be shaved.(E)
19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,(F)
and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean.
Their silver and gold
will not be able to deliver them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.(G)
It will not satisfy(H) their hunger
or fill their stomachs,
for it has caused them to stumble(I) into sin.(J)
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make(K) their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;(L)
therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.(M)
21 I will give their wealth as plunder(N) to foreigners
and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
who will defile it.(O)
22 I will turn my face(P) away from the people,
and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
and will defile it.(Q)
Lamentations 4:13
New Living Translation
13 Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets
and the sins of her priests,
who defiled the city
by shedding innocent blood.
Lamentations 4:13
New International Version
Lamentations 2:1
New Living Translation
God’s Anger at Sin
2 The Lord in his anger
has cast a dark shadow over beautiful Jerusalem.[a]
The fairest of Israel’s cities lies in the dust,
thrown down from the heights of heaven.
In his day of great anger,
the Lord has shown no mercy even to his Temple.[b]
Lamentations 2:1
New International Version
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Lamentations 2:1 Or How the Lord in his anger / has treated Daughter Zion with contempt
Lamentations 1:18
New Living Translation
18 “The Lord is right,” Jerusalem says,
“for I rebelled against him.
Listen, people everywhere;
look upon my anguish and despair,
for my sons and daughters
have been taken captive to distant lands.
Lamentations 1:18
New International Version
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