Lamentations 5:12
Princes are hung up by their own hands, 1 and no honor is shown to the elders. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
In Context
11Women are raped in Zion, 1 and virgins in the cities of Judah. 1
Cross References
Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people; I defiled my heritage 1 and gave them over into your hand, but you showed them no mercy; 1 you placed a very heavy yoke on the old people. 1
Jeremiah 52:10The king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah's sons before his own eyes, and at Riblah he also slaughtered all the leaders of Judah.
Lamentations 2:10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. 1 They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. 1 The virgins of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground. 1
Lamentations 4:16Yahweh himself scattered them; he does not watch over them anymore. 1 They do not honor the priests, 1 and they did not show any favor to the elders. 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 →