New American Standard Bible 2020
Lamentations 5:14
Lamentations 5:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
- New International Version (NIV)The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music.
Context of Lamentations 5:14
12Leaders were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected. 13Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths staggered under loads of wood. Elders are absent from the gate, Young men from their music. 15The joy of our hearts has ended; Our dancing has been turned into mourning. 16The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:14
- Lamentations 1:4The roads of Zion are in mourning Because no one comes to an appointed feast. All her gates are deserted; Her priests groan, Her virgins are worried, And as for Zion herself, it is bitter for her.
- Lamentations 2:10The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground and are silent. They have thrown dust on their heads; They have put on sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Have bowed their heads to the ground.
- Deuteronomy 16:18“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
- Job 29:7When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the public square,
- Job 30:1“But now those who are younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I refused to put with the dogs of my flock.
- Isaiah 3:2The mighty man and the warrior, The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder,
- Job 30:31Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep.
- Isaiah 24:7The new wine mourns, The vine decays, All the joyful-hearted sigh.
- Jeremiah 7:34Then I will eliminate from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a site of ruins.
- Jeremiah 16:9For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to eliminate from this place, before your eyes and in your time, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of joy, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.
- Jeremiah 25:10Moreover, I will eliminate from them the voice of jubilation and the voice of joy, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
- Ezekiel 26:13So I will put an end to the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will no longer be heard.
- Revelation 18:22And the sound of harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again; and no craftsman of any craft will ever be found in you again; and the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again;
Commentaries on Lamentations 5:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The elders have ceased from the gate - There is now no more justice administered to the people; they are under military law, or disposed of in every sense according to the caprice of their masters.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The gate - The gate was the place for public gatherings, for conversation, and the music of stringed instruments.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17These terrible things happened because the people had sinned (see Isaiah 24:7–12; Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 13:18; Jeremiah 25:10–11; Amos 8:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Aged men in the East meet in the open space round the gate to decide judicial trials and to hold social converse (Job 29:7, 8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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