Lamentations 5:14

14 Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their ¹music.

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 were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.

13 Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood.

14 Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.

15 The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

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

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 24:8; Jeremiah 7:34

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "have ceased"