Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Bible References
Elders
Lamentations 1:4
The roads that lead to Zion are in mourning, because no one travels to the festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests are moaning. Her young women are grieving, and she is bitter.
Lamentations 2:10
The leaders of cherished Zion sit silently on the ground; they throw dust on their heads and dress in mourning clothes. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads in sorrow.
Deuteronomy 16:18
"Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially.
Job 29:7
"Whenever I went out to the city gate, a seat had been reserved for me in the plaza.
Job 30:1
"But now they mock me; men who are far younger than I, whose fathers I would have hated to entrust with my own sheep dogs.
Isaiah 3:2
the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the fortune-teller and the elder,
The young
Job 30:31
But my harp is in mourning; my flute plays only songs for those who are weeping."
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine evaporates; the vine and the oil dry up; all the merrymakers groan.
Jeremiah 7:34
In the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem I'll bring an end to the sound of gladness and rejoicing, to the sounds of the bridegroom and bride, for the land will become a wasteland."
Jeremiah 16:9
For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "In this place I'm about to bring an end to the sounds of happiness and rejoicing, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride. I'll do it in front of your eyes and in your time.
Jeremiah 25:10
I'll destroy the sounds of gladness and rejoicing from them, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of the hand mill and also the light of the lamp.
Ezekiel 26:13
""I'll silence the noise of your songs and the music of your harps won't be heard anymore.
Revelation 18:22
The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard within you again. No artisan of any trade will ever be found within you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard within you again.