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the young men have stopped their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/lamentations/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/lamentations/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/lamentations/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/lamentations/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/lamentations/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The elders have ceased <i>gathering at</i> the gate, And the young men from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/lamentations/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Elders are absent from the gate, Young men from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/lamentations/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/lamentations/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/lamentations/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Elders have ceased from <i>being at</i> the gate, Young men from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/lamentations/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Elders are gone from the gate; Young men from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/lamentations/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/lamentations/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/lamentations/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/lamentations/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our leaders are not allowed to decide cases in court, and young people no longer play music. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/lamentations/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/lamentations/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[Our] older leaders have stopped meeting at the city gate, and [our] young men no longer play their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/lamentations/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The old people no longer sit at the city gate, and the young people no longer make music. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/lamentations/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Our elders have ceased ruling at the gate; our young men have abandoned their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/lamentations/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/lamentations/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/lamentations/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The elders have gone from the gate, the young men from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/lamentations/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/lamentations/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/lamentations/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Elderly have ceased from the gate, "" Young men from their song.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/lamentations/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/lamentations/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Old men ceased from the gate, the chosen ones from their stringed instruments.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/lamentations/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/lamentations/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The elders have ceased from the gates, the youths from the choir of the psalms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/lamentations/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The elders have abandoned the gate, the young men their music. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/lamentations/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/lamentations/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/lamentations/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />They removed Elders from the gate and young men from their joy<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/lamentations/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/lamentations/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the elders ceased from the gate, the chosen men ceased from their music.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/lamentations/5-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rKrWuOkEqzQ?start=1388" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/lamentations/5.htm">A Prayer for Restoration</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: zə·qê·nîm (Adj-mp) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">The elders</a> <a href="/hebrew/7673.htm" title="7673: šā·ḇā·ṯū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To repose, desist from exertion. A primitive root; to repose, i.e. Desist from exertion; used in many implied relations.">have left</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: miš·ša·‘ar (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">the city gate;</a> <a href="/hebrew/970.htm" title="970: ba·ḥū·rîm (N-mp) -- A young man. Or bachur; participle passive of bachar; properly, selected, i.e. A youth.">the young men</a> <a href="/hebrew/5058.htm" title="5058: min·nə·ḡî·nā·ṯām (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Music. ">have stopped their music.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2</a></span><br />“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-2.htm">Isaiah 3:2-3</a></span><br />the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder, / the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/29-7.htm">Job 29:7-8</a></span><br />When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square, / the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-4.htm">Zechariah 8:4</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Ezekiel 7:26</a></span><br />Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-23.htm">Psalm 119:23</a></span><br />Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-23.htm">Proverbs 31:23</a></span><br />Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-13.htm">Amos 5:13</a></span><br />Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Isaiah 29:10</a></span><br />For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Jeremiah 18:18</a></span><br />Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-6.htm">1 Kings 12:6-8</a></span><br />Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked. / They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.” / But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-6.htm">2 Chronicles 10:6-8</a></span><br />Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked. / They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.” / But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-2</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34</a></span><br />Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-49.htm">Luke 11:49</a></span><br />Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.</p><p class="hdg">elders</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm">Lamentations 1:4,19</a></b></br> The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she <i>is</i> in bitterness… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Lamentations 2:10</a></b></br> The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, <i>and</i> keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Deuteronomy 16:18</a></b></br> Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.</p><p class="hdg">the young</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/30-31.htm">Job 30:31</a></b></br> My harp also is <i>turned</i> to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm">Isaiah 24:7-11</a></b></br> The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34</a></b></br> Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/4-16.htm">Aged</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-51.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-14.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-12.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-63.htm">Music</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-63.htm">Musick</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-14.htm">Quit</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-63.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-63.htm">Song</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-32.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-13.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/9-7.htm">Aged</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-15.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-8.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-16.htm">End</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-23.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-13.htm">Music</a> <a href="/daniel/3-5.htm">Musick</a> <a href="/luke/12-58.htm">Quit</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-19.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-1.htm">Song</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-18.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-6.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Lamentations 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/lamentations/5-1.htm">A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Elders, who were respected leaders and decision-makers, would gather there to discuss legal matters, settle disputes, and provide counsel. The absence of elders at the city gate signifies a breakdown in societal order and governance. This reflects the broader context of Lamentations, which mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and the resulting chaos. The elders' departure symbolizes the loss of wisdom and leadership, echoing the lament in <a href="/isaiah/3.htm">Isaiah 3:1-3</a>, where the removal of leaders is a sign of judgment.<p><b>the young men have stopped their music.</b><br>Music and celebration were integral parts of Jewish culture, often associated with joy and worship. Young men playing music would typically indicate times of festivity and communal joy, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/150.htm">Psalm 150</a>, which encourages the use of instruments in praise. The cessation of music among the young men highlights the deep sorrow and mourning experienced by the community. This silence is a stark contrast to the vibrant worship and celebration that characterized Israel's relationship with God. It also reflects the fulfillment of prophetic warnings, such as those in <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34</a>, where God declares that He will silence the sounds of joy and gladness as a consequence of the people's disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/elders.htm">Elders</a></b><br>In ancient Israel, elders were respected leaders and decision-makers within the community. They often gathered at the city gate, a place of judgment and counsel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/y/young_men.htm">Young Men</a></b><br>Representing the vigor and vitality of the community, young men were often associated with joy and celebration, as seen in their music and festivities.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_gate.htm">The Gate</a></b><br>The city gate was a central place in ancient cities where legal matters were settled, and community leaders met to discuss important issues.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The context of Lamentations is the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, leading to the lament over the loss of social and spiritual order.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The event that led to the lament in Lamentations, where the people of Judah were taken captive, and their city was destroyed.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_leadership.htm">The Importance of Leadership</a></b><br>The absence of elders at the gate signifies a breakdown in leadership and order. In our communities, strong, godly leadership is essential for maintaining justice and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_loss_of_joy.htm">The Loss of Joy</a></b><br>The cessation of music among the young men reflects a loss of joy and hope. In times of distress, we must seek to restore joy through faith and community support.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_worship.htm">Community and Worship</a></b><br>The gate and music symbolize community life and worship. We should prioritize gathering together for worship and community activities to maintain spiritual and social health.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin_and_judgment.htm">The Impact of Sin and Judgment</a></b><br>The lament in Lamentations is a result of sin and divine judgment. We must recognize the consequences of turning away from God and seek repentance and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the lament, there is hope for restoration. Trust in God's promises for renewal and redemption, even in the darkest times.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_lamentations_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Lamentations 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_anyone_fully_embody_proverbs_31.htm">How can one person realistically fulfill all the ideal qualities described in Proverbs 31:10-31 without ever falling short?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_oneness_doctrine.htm">What does Revelation 18:2 mean by Babylon's fall?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_levirate_marriage_conflict_biblically.htm">Deuteronomy 25:5-10: Does the levirate marriage requirement conflict with other Biblical passages on remarriage or widows?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_women_wept_for_tammuz.htm">In Ezekiel 8:14, is there historical or archaeological proof that women publicly wept for Tammuz in the Jerusalem temple at this time?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/lamentations/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Have ceased from the gate.</span>--The gate in an Eastern city was the natural place of meeting for the elder citizens as for counsel and judgment (<a href="/ruth/4-1.htm" title="Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.">Ruth 4:1</a>; <a href="/joshua/20-4.htm" title="And when he that does flee to one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.">Joshua 20:4</a>), and also for social converse (<a href="/job/29-7.htm" title="When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!">Job 29:7</a>; <a href="/proverbs/31-23.htm" title="Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.">Proverbs 31:23</a>). The "music" of this verse and the "dancing" of the next point to a like interruption of the social joys of the young.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/lamentations/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">From the gate.</span> The place where the elders, technically so called, assembled for legal proceedings, and where the citizens in general met together for social concourse (comp. <a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Genesis 19:1</a>; <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/69-12.htm">Psalm 69:12</a>; <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12, 15</a>; <a href="/daniel/2-49.htm">Daniel 2:49</a>). <span class="cmt_word">From their music</span> (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Jeremiah 16:9</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/lamentations/5-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The elders</span><br /><span class="heb">זְקֵנִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(zə·qê·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Old</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have left</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁבָ֔תוּ</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇā·ṯū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7673.htm">Strong's 7673: </a> </span><span class="str2">To repose, desist from exertion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the city gate;</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשַּׁ֣עַר</span> <span class="translit">(miš·ša·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, gate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the young men</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחוּרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥū·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_970.htm">Strong's 970: </a> </span><span class="str2">Selected, a youth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[have stopped] their music.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(min·nə·ḡî·nā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5058.htm">Strong's 5058: </a> </span><span class="str2">Instrumental music, a stringed instrument, a poem set to music, an epigram</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/lamentations/5-14.htm">Lamentations 5:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/lamentations/5-14.htm">OT Prophets: Lamentations 5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate (Lam. 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