Lamentations 5:15
Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.
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Referenced Verses
- Amos 8:10 : 10 I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.
- Jas 4:9-9 : 9 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
- Ps 30:11 : 11 Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.
- Jer 25:10 : 10 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses.
- Amos 6:4-7 : 4 They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen. 5 They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments. 6 They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph. 7 Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, and the religious banquets where they sprawl on couches will end.
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17 Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.
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7 The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.
8 The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases.
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10 Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards, and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts; no one treads out juice in the wine vats– I have brought the joyful shouts to an end.
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31 My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.
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11 They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; all joy turns to sorrow; celebrations disappear from the earth.
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16 Our food has been cut off right before our eyes! There is no longer any joy or gladness in the temple of our God!
17 The grains of seed have shriveled beneath their shovels. Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.
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12 The vine has dried up; the fig tree languishes– the pomegranate, date, and apple as well. In fact, all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, the joy of the people has dried up!
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11 Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.
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9 For I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, tell you what will happen. I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in this land. You and the rest of the people will live to see this happen.’”
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8 A Call to Lament Wail like a young virgin clothed in sackcloth, lamenting the death of her husband-to-be.
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33 Joy and gladness will disappear from the fruitful land of Moab. I will stop the flow of wine from the winepresses. No one will stomp on the grapes there and shout for joy. The shouts there will be shouts of soldiers, not the shouts of those making wine.
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9 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.
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13 A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.
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4 ד(Dalet) The roads to Zion mourn because no one travels to the festivals. All her city gates are deserted; her priests groan. Her virgins grieve; she is in bitter anguish!
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34 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland.”
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18 Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!
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10 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses.
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17 ‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’
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3 Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.
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4 My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
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2 On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,
3 for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying:“Sing for us a song about Zion!”
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14 Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.
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11 My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.
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15 All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
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2 “The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.
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13 Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.
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4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
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5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.
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4 My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.
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5 Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.
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15 Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble!
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10 Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Hearts faint; knees tremble; every stomach churns, all their faces have turned pale!