Lamentations 5:14 (GNV)

Passage

The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:12 The princes are hanged vp by their hande: the faces of the elders were not had in honour.

Lamentations 5:13 They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.

Lamentations 5:14 The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs.

Lamentations 5:15 The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.

Lamentations 5:16 The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "elders", "haue", "ceased", "gate", "yong", and "songs". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "elders" and "haue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "They tooke the yong men to grinde..." into verse 15's "The ioy of our heart is gone...", so "elders" and "haue" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "elders" and "haue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.