Lamentations 5:14
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.”Lamentations 5:14
What Does Lamentations 5:14 Mean?
Lamentations 5:14 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 5, verse 14 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 5:14 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 7:34“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.”Psalms 137:4“How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?”Ruth 4:2“And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.”Isaiah 24:7“The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.”Ezekiel 26:13“And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.”Revelation 18:22“And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;”Deuteronomy 16:18“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.”Job 29:7“When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!”Job 30:1“But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.”Job 30:31“My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.”Isaiah 3:2“The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,”Isaiah 24:11“There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.”Jeremiah 16:9“For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.”Jeremiah 25:10“Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.”Lamentations 1:4“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 is in bitterness.”Lamentations 1:19“I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.”Lamentations 2:10“The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and 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.”
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