Lamentations 5:14

14 The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

Lamentations 5:14 in Other Translations

14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

14 The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music.

14 The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.

14 The city gate is empty of wise elders. Music from the young is heard no more.

14 The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

14 [Our] older leaders have stopped meeting at the city gate, and [our] young men no longer play their music.

14 The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.

14 Our elders don't go to the city gate anymore. Our young men have stopped playing their music.

Lamentations 5:14 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:14

The elders have ceased from the gate
Of the sanhedrim, or court of judicature, as the Targum; from the gate of the city, where they used to sit and try causes; but now there was nothing of this kind done: the young men from their music;
vocal and instrumental; the latter is more particularly specified, though both may be intended; neither were any more heard; their harps were hung upon the willows on the banks of Euphrates, which ran through the city of Babylon, ( Psalms 137:1 Psalms 137:2 ) .

Lamentations 5:14 In-Context

12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

13 Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

14 The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

15 Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 24:8; Jeremiah 7:34