New English Translation
Lamentations 5:12
12Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated.
Lamentations 5:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
- New International Version (NIV)Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.
Context of Lamentations 5:12
10Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger. 11They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah. Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated. 13The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor. 14The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music.
Read all of Lamentations 5Lamentations 5:12 word by word
שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:12
- Lamentations 2:10The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. Jerusalem’s young women stare down at the ground. כ (Kaf)
- Lamentations 4:16The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. They did not honor the priests; they did not show favor to the elders. ע (Ayin)
- Isaiah 47:6I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.
- Jeremiah 39:6There at Riblah the king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon also had all the nobles of Judah put to death.
- Jeremiah 52:10The king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. He also had all the nobles of Judah put to death there at Riblah.
Commentaries on Lamentations 5:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Princes are hanged up by their hand - It is very probable that this was a species of punishment. They were suspended from hooks in the wall by their hands till they died through torture and exhaustion. The body of Saul was fastened to the wall of Bethshan, probably in the same way; but his head had already been taken off. They were hung in this way that they might be devoured by the fowls of the air. It was a custom with the Persians after they had slain…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12After the princes had been put to death their bodies were hung up by the hand to expose them to public contumely. Old age, again, no more availed to shield men from shameful treatment than the high rank of the princes. Such treatment of conquered enemies was not uncommon in ancient warfare.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. 1212. hanged ... by their hand--a piece of wanton cruelty invented by the Chaldeans. Grotius translates, "Princes were hung by the hand of the enemy"; hanging was a usual mode of execution (Ge 40:19). elders--officials (La 4:16).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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