Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
The book containing this line takes its Hebrew title from its opening word and was written by Jeremiah, the weeping prophet. It belongs to his sorrow over persecution from his own people and grief at the ruin about to engulf them, which he shared with his countrymen in tender compassion though he could not turn them from it, speaking without shrinking from danger and without being silenced by threats and ill usage. It describes the humiliation and abuse of Judah's leaders, with princes suspended by their hands and elders treated without honor.
The book containing this line takes its Hebrew title from its opening word and was written by Jeremiah, the weeping prophet. It belongs to his sorrow over persecution from his own people and grief at the ruin about to engulf them, which he shared with his countrymen in tender compassion though he could not turn them from it, speaking without shrinking from danger and without being silenced by threats and ill usage. It describes the humiliation and abuse of Judah's leaders, with princes suspended by their hands and elders treated without honor.