But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
Lamentations 5:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their musick. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The elders have ceased from [congregating at] the city's gate, the young men from their music. American Standard Version (1901) The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music. Common English Bible Elders have left the city gate; young people stop their music. Catholic Public Domain Version The elders have ceased from the gates, the youths from the choir of the psalms. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers. |
But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride.
I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them #– #the voice of the groom and the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste.
I called to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while searching for food to keep themselves alive.
The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to the appointed festivals. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she herself is bitter.
The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.
And I will punish her for the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense. She put on her rings and her jewellery and followed her lovers, but she forgot me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
‘Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgement.
The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again; no craftsman of any trade will ever be found in you again; the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again;