Lamentations 5:14

New Century Version

The elders no longer sit at the city gates; the young men no longer sing.

Cross References

Job 30:1

“But now those who are younger than I make fun of me. I would not have even let their fathers sit with my sheep dogs.

Job 30:31

My harp is tuned to sing a sad song, and my flute is tuned to moaning.

Jeremiah 16:9

because this is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: I will soon stop the sounds of joy and gladness and the happy sounds of brides and bridegrooms in this place. This will happen during your lifetime.

Jeremiah 25:10

I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and bridegrooms, and the sound of people grinding meal. And I will take away the light of the lamp.

Jeremiah 7:34

I will end the happy sounds of the bride and bridegroom. There will be no happy sounds in the cities of Judah or in the streets of Jerusalem, because the land will become an empty desert!

Lamentations 1:19

“I called out to my friends, but they turned against me. My priests and my elders have died in the city while looking for food to stay alive.

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Jerusalem are sad, because no one comes for the feasts. No one passes through her gates. Her priests groan, her young women are suffering, and Jerusalem suffers terribly.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of Jerusalem sit on the ground in silence. They throw dust on their heads and put on rough cloth to show their sadness. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground in sorrow.

Ezekiel 26:13

So I will stop your songs; the music of your harps will not be heard anymore.

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for all the times she burned incense to the Baals. She put on her rings and jewelry and went chasing after her lovers, but she forgot me!” says the Lord.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you; they must judge the people fairly.

Revelation 18:22

The music of people playing harps and other instruments, flutes, and trumpets, will never be heard in you again. No workman doing any job will ever be found in you again. The sound of grinding grain will never be heard in you again.