Lamentations 5:14
The zekenim have ceased from the sha'ar, 1 the bochurim from their music. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
In Context
13They took the bochurim to grind, 1 and the ne'arim staggered under the wood. 1
15The joy of our heart is gone; 1 mekholeinu (our dance) is turned into mourning. 1
Cross References
Job 29:7When I went out to the sha'ar through the city, 1 when I took my moshav in the rekhov! 1
Job 30:31My kinnor (harp) also is turned to evel (mourning), 1 and my flute into the voice of them that weep.
Isaiah 24:7The tirosh (new wine) faileth, the gefen languisheth, 1 all the simchei-lev (merryhearted) do sigh. 1
Jeremiah 16:9For thus saith Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of hamakom hazeh before your eyes, and in your days, the voice of sasson, and the voice of simcha, the voice of the choson, and the voice of the kallah.
Lamentations 1:4The darkhei Tziyon (approaches to Tziyon) do mourn, 1 because none come to mo'ed (set feasts); 1 all her she'arim (gates) are desolate; 1 her kohanim sigh, 1 her betulot (virgins) are afflicted, 1 and she is in bitterness. 1
Lamentations 2:10The Ziknei Bat Tziyon sit upon the ground, 1 and keep silence; 1 they have cast up aphar upon their heads; 1 they have girded themselves with sackcloth; 1 the Betulot Yerushalayim hang down 1 their heads to the ground. 1
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 5:2-17
An Appeal to God; Complicated Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 1 Remember, O Lord , what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. 4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. 5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not;… Read the whole commentary →