Lamentations 5:14

WEB

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

KJV

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

BSB

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

FBV

¹⁴The elders have abandoned their places at the city gate;^[+] the young men have given up playing their music.

Extra References

Jeremiah 7:34

³⁴Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a waste.”

Ezekiel 26:13

¹³I will cause the noise of your songs to cease. The sound of your harps won’t be heard any more.

Revelation 18:22

²²The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No craftsman of whatever craft will be found any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you.

Isaiah 24:7-11

⁷The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh. ⁸The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. ⁹They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it. ¹⁰The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in. ¹¹There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.

Jeremiah 16:9

⁹For the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

Lamentations 2:10

¹⁰The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground. They keep silence. They have cast up dust on their heads. They have clothed themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Jeremiah 25:10

¹⁰Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

Job 30:31

³¹Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

Deuteronomy 16:18

¹⁸You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Lamentations 1:4

⁴The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh. Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.