Lamentations 5:14
The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
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- Jeremiah 7:34 I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
- Isaiah 24:7–9 The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan. The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent. They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
- Ezekiel 26:13 So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.