Lamentations 5:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-16

Isa. any afflicted? let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God, and make known before him his trouble. The people of God do so here; being overwhelmed with grief, they give vent to their sorrows at the footstool of the throne of grace, and so give themselves ease. They complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt: ?Remember what has come upon us, Lam. 5:1. What was of old threatened against us, and was long in the coming, has now at length come upon us, and we are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:14

The elders have ceased from the gate ,.... Of the sanhedrim, or court of judicature, as the Targum; from the gate of the city, where they used to sit and try causes; but now there was nothing of this kind done: the young men from their music ; vocal and instrumental; the latter is more particularly specified, though both may be intended; neither were any more heard; their harps were hung upon the willows on the banks of Euphrates, which ran through the city of Babylon, Psalm 137:1 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:14

The elders have ceased from the gate - There is now no more justice administered to the people; they are under military law, or disposed of in every sense according to the caprice of their masters. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:14

Verse 14 Here the Prophet briefly shews that the city was reduced to ruins, so that nothing but desolation could be seen there. For when cities are inhabited, judges sit at the gate and young men exercise themselves in lawful pursuits; but he says that there were no judgments; for at that time, as it is well known, they were wont to administer justice and to hold assemblies at the gates of cities. It was then the same as though all civil order had been abolished. Then he adds, the young men... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-18

INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:14

From the gate. The place where the elders, technically so called, assembled for legal proceedings, and where the citizens in general met together for social concourse (comp. Genesis 19:1 ; Ruth 4:11 ; Psalms 69:12 ; Amos 5:12 , Amos 5:15 ; Daniel 2:49 ). From their music (comp. Jeremiah 7:34 ; Jeremiah 16:9 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:14

The occupation of the elders gone. I. THE PLACE OF OLD MEN IN A COMMUNITY . As men grow old they may get past certain kinds of work, but they need not cease to be useful, nor need age become, unless from bodily frailty, a burden and a weariness. There is much for an old man to tell from the stores of his experience and observation. He may show what ought to be avoided, even if he cannot always tell what ought to be done. The elders sat in the gate, where the throng passed in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 5:14

The gate - The gate was the place for public gatherings, for conversation, and the music of stringed instruments. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 5:12-16

Lamentations 5:12-16. Princes are hanged up by their hand By the hand of their enemies. They took the young men to grind To grind at the mill was the common employment of slaves, Exodus 11:5. The children fell under the wood They made children turn the handle of the mill till they fell down through weariness: so some explain it with relation to the former part of the verse. But the expression may be understood of making them carry such heavy burdens of wood that they fainted under the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-22

A prayer for mercy (5:1-22)This poem was apparently written in Judah some time after the fall of Jerusalem. Only the people of no use to Babylon were left in the land, and this poem reflects the hardships they faced (cf. Jeremiah 52:16).In a plea to God for mercy, the people remind him of their present shame (5:1). Death has broken up their families, and the invaders have taken over their houses and lands (2-3). They live and work like slaves in their own country, and have to buy water from... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 5:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 5:12-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-22

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