Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music. New Living Translation The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing. English Standard Version The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music. Berean Standard Bible The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music. King James Bible The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. New King James Version The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music. New American Standard Bible Elders are absent from the gate, Young men from their music. NASB 1995 Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music. NASB 1977 Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music. Legacy Standard Bible Elders have ceased from being at the gate, Young men from their music. Amplified Bible Elders are gone from the gate; Young men from their music. Christian Standard Bible The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music. Holman Christian Standard Bible The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music. American Standard Version The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music. Contemporary English Version Our leaders are not allowed to decide cases in court, and young people no longer play music. English Revised Version The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. GOD'S WORD® Translation [Our] older leaders have stopped meeting at the city gate, and [our] young men no longer play their music. Good News Translation The old people no longer sit at the city gate, and the young people no longer make music. International Standard Version Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music. Majority Standard Bible The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music. NET Bible The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music. New Heart English Bible The elders have gone from the gate, the young men from their music. Webster's Bible Translation The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. World English Bible The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionElderly have ceased from the gate, "" Young men from their song. Young's Literal Translation The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song. Smith's Literal Translation Old men ceased from the gate, the chosen ones from their stringed instruments. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers. Catholic Public Domain Version The elders have ceased from the gates, the youths from the choir of the psalms. New American Bible The elders have abandoned the gate, the young men their music. New Revised Standard Version The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their joy. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated They removed Elders from the gate and young men from their joy OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the elders ceased from the gate, the chosen men ceased from their music. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prayer for Restoration…13Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood. 14The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music. 15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.… Cross References Jeremiah 14:2 “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. Isaiah 3:2-3 the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder, / the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter. Job 29:7-8 When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square, / the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet. Zechariah 8:4 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age. Ezekiel 7:26 Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders. Psalm 119:23 Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes. Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land. Amos 5:13 Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil. Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers. Jeremiah 18:18 Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.” 1 Kings 12:6-8 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked. / They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.” / But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him. 2 Chronicles 10:6-8 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked. / They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.” / But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him. Isaiah 47:1-2 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. Matthew 23:34 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. Luke 11:49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ Treasury of Scripture The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. elders Lamentations 1:4,19 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness… Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. Deuteronomy 16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. the young Job 30:31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. Isaiah 24:7-11 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh… Jeremiah 7:34 Then will I 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 shall be desolate. Jump to Previous Aged Ceased City Doorway Elders End Gate Longer Music Musick Quit Seated Song Stopped YoungJump to Next Aged Ceased City Doorway Elders End Gate Longer Music Musick Quit Seated Song Stopped YoungLamentations 5 1. A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.The elders have ceased from the gate In ancient Israelite society, the "gate" was not merely a physical entryway but a central place of communal life and governance. The Hebrew word for "elders" is "זְקֵנִים" (zeqenim), which refers to the older, wise men who held positions of authority and were responsible for making judicial decisions and offering counsel. Their presence at the gate symbolized stability, wisdom, and justice. The cessation of the elders from the gate indicates a breakdown of societal order and governance. Historically, this reflects the period of the Babylonian exile, where the structures of Jewish society were dismantled. Spiritually, it serves as a reminder of the importance of godly leadership and the consequences when such leadership is absent. the young men from their music Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The eldersזְקֵנִים֙ (zə·qê·nîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2205: Old have left שָׁבָ֔תוּ (šā·ḇā·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion the city gate; מִשַּׁ֣עַר (miš·ša·‘ar) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate the young men בַּחוּרִ֖ים (ba·ḥū·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 970: Selected, a youth [have stopped] their music. מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ (min·nə·ḡî·nā·ṯām) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5058: Instrumental music, a stringed instrument, a poem set to music, an epigram Links Lamentations 5:14 NIVLamentations 5:14 NLT Lamentations 5:14 ESV Lamentations 5:14 NASB Lamentations 5:14 KJV Lamentations 5:14 BibleApps.com Lamentations 5:14 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 5:14 Chinese Bible Lamentations 5:14 French Bible Lamentations 5:14 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate (Lam. 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