The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
The gate - The gate was the place for public gatherings, for conversation, and the music of stringed instruments.
Adam Clarke
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.
Is 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…
Cambridge Bible
from the gate the place of social enjoyment and conversation, answering to our clubs and other places of entertainment. See on Jer 14:2.
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