Lamentations 5:14

World English Bible (WEB)

"The elders have gone from the gate, the young men from their music. "

About Lamentations

Poetic mourning over Jerusalem's destruction.

Old Testament • Book #25

Princes were hanged by their hands; elders were shown no respect.

The young men grind at the mill; the boys stagger under loads of wood.

The joy of our heart has ceased; our dancing is turned into mourning.

The crown is fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!

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