Lamentations 5:14 (YLT)

Passage

The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:12 Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

Lamentations 5:13 Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.

Lamentations 5:14 The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.

Lamentations 5:15 Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

Lamentations 5:16 Fallen hath the crown <FI>from<Fi> our head, Woe <FI>is<Fi> now to us, for we have sinned.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Young men to grind they have taken..." into verse 15's "Ceased hath the joy of our heart...", so "aged" and "gate" 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 "aged" and "gate" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.