King James Version
Lamentations 5:14 in the King James Version says “The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.”
Lamentations 5:14 · KJV
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! The: Heb. The crown of our head is fallen
KJV Study — Public Domain
“have ceased”
H7673to repose, i.e., desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
“from their musick”
H5058properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram
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