Lamentations 5:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 5:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 5:14 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 5:14 — KJV
“The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.”
— Lamentations 5:14 (KJV)
Lamentations 5:14 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 5:14
“And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. described: Heb. writ”
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“And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. ceased: Heb. rested”
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“Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”
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“Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.”
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“But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:14: young, men
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