Lamentations 5:14

“The elders have ceased from the gate, etc.] 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, (<19D701>Psalm 137:1,2).”

“Aged men in the East meet in the open space round the gate to decide judicial trials and to hold social converse (Job 29:7-8).”

“The gate - The gate was the place for public gatherings, for conversation, and the music of stringed instruments. return to 'Top of Page'”

“elders: Lam 1:4, Lam 1:19, Lam 2:10; Deu 16:18; Job 29:7-17, Job 30:1; Isa 3:2, Isa 3:3 the young: Job 30:31; Isa 24:7-11; Jer 7:34, Jer 16:9, Jer 25:10; Eze 26:13; Rev 18:22 Lamentations 5:15”