14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
14 The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
14 The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music.
14 The city gate is empty of wise elders. Music from the young is heard no more.
14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music.
14 The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Lamentations 5:14
Commentary on Lamentations 5:1-16
(Read Lamentations 5:1-16)
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God's just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man's whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.