Lamentations 5:14

14 The older leaders no longer sit at the city gates; the young men no longer sing.

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 the hands; they did not respect our older leaders.

13 The young men ground grain at the mill, and boys stumbled under loads of wood.

14 The older leaders no longer sit at the city gates; the young men no longer sing.

15 We have no more joy in our hearts; our dancing has turned to sadness.

16 The crown has fallen from our head. How terrible it is because we sinned.