The elders have ceased from the gate,
and the young men from their music.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Lamentations 5:14 in context
Lamentations 5:11–17
12
Princes were hanged up by their hands.
The faces of elders were not honored.
13
The young men carry millstones.
The children stumbled under loads of wood.
14
Selected verse
The elders have ceased from the gate,
and the young men from their music.
15
The joy of our heart has ceased.
Our dance is turned into mourning.
16
The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17
For this our heart is faint.
For these things our eyes are dim:
Continue with Lamentations 5
Read the complete chapter in World English Bible Updated.
Open Lamentations 5