Lamentations 5:15

Lamentations 5:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
• New International Version (NIV)Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.

Context of Lamentations 5:15

13Young men worked at the grinding mill, And boys fell [staggering] under loads of wood. 14Elders are gone from the gate; Young men from their music. The joy of our hearts has ended; Our dancing has been turned into mourning. 16The crown has fallen from our head [our honor is covered with dust]! Woe to us, for we have sinned! 17Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim.

Lamentations 5:15 word by word

שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The joyמָשׂוֹשׂmâώôώ · rejoicingH4885
• of our heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• is ceasedשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• our danceמָחוֹלmâchôl · danceH4234
• is turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• into mourningאֵ֫בֶל'êbel · mourningH60

Cross-references for Lamentations 5:15

• Psalms 30:11You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
• Amos 6:4Those who lie on [luxurious] beds of ivory And lounge around out on their couches, And eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall,
• Amos 8:10And I shall turn your festivals and feasts into mourning And all your songs into dirges (funeral poems to be sung); And I shall cause sackcloth to be put on everyone’s loins And baldness on every head [shaved for mourning]. And I shall make that time like a time of mourning for an only son [who has died], And the end of it shall be like a bitter day.
• James 4:9Be miserable and grieve and weep [over your sin]. Let your [foolish] laughter be turned to mourning and your [reckless] joy to gloom.

Commentaries on Lamentations 5:15

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17These terrible things happened because the people had sinned (see Isaiah 24:7–12; Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 13:18; Jeremiah 25:10–11; Amos 8:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221. (Psa 89:50, 51).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 5:15

• Dancing
• Patriotism

In the dictionaries

• Crown
• Persecution
• Acrostic
• Games
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew

Commentaries on Lamentations 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings