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Lamentations 5:14
14The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.
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
12Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and our elders are treated with contempt. 13Young men are led away to work at millstones, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood. The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing. 15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. 16The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned.
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זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 5:14
- Lamentations 1:4The roads to Jerusalem are in mourning, for crowds no longer come to celebrate the festivals. The city gates are silent, her priests groan, her young women are crying— how bitter is her fate!
- Lamentations 2:10The leaders of beautiful Jerusalem sit on the ground in silence. They are clothed in burlap and throw dust on their heads. The young women of Jerusalem hang their heads in shame.
- Deuteronomy 16:18“Appoint judges and officials for yourselves from each of your tribes in all the towns the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.
- Job 29:7“Those were the days when I went to the city gate and took my place among the honored leaders.
- Job 30:1“But now I am mocked by people younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.
- Isaiah 3:2all their heroes and soldiers, judges and prophets, fortune-tellers and elders,
- Job 30:31My harp plays sad music, and my flute accompanies those who weep.
- Isaiah 24:7The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.
- Jeremiah 7:34I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in the streets of Jerusalem. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard in the towns of Judah. The land will lie in complete desolation.
- Jeremiah 16:9For this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: In your own lifetime, before your very eyes, I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in this land. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard.
- Jeremiah 25:10I will take away your happy singing and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard. Your millstones will fall silent, and the lights in your homes will go out.
- Ezekiel 26:13I will stop the music of your songs. No more will the sound of harps be heard among your people.
- Revelation 18:22The sound of harps, singers, flutes, and trumpets will never be heard in you again. No craftsmen and no trades will ever be found in you again. The sound of the 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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