Lamentations 5:14
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
13 Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
15 Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
- KJV
- The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
- WEB
- The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.
- ASV
- The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
- DARBY
- The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
- BLB
- The old men have ceased from the gate; the young men from their music.
- ÅB
- De gamle sitter ikke mere i porten, de unge menn ikke mere ved sin strengelek.
- OTB
- Eldste er fraværende fra byporten; unge menn har sluttet med sin musikk.
- B1930
- De gamle sitter ikke mere i porten, de unge menn ikke mere ved sin strengelek.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 7:34
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
Read in contextIsaiah 24:7–11
The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
Read in contextRevelation 18:22
And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.
Read in contextEzekiel 26:13
So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
Read in contextLamentations 1:4
The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
Read in contextLamentations 1:19
I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:10
Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
Read in contextJob 30:31
My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.
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