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

13They took the young men to make flour for them, like slaves. Our boys have to carry heavy bags of wood. 14Our enemies no longer let our old men decide things. The old men cannot say what is right or fair for us. And the young men have stopped their music. We are not happy any longer. Instead, we are very sad, so we do not dance any longer. 16And we have no king in Jerusalem any longer. We have sinned, so it will be very bad for us. 17So our bodies feel ill and we feel ill deep inside us. Our eyes are very tired and we cannot hope for good things any longer.

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 30:11Now you have caused me to stop crying, so that I dance instead! I do not need to wear sackcloth, because I am no longer sad. Instead, you have made me very happy.
• Amos 6:4You lie on beautiful, expensive beds. You do not work, but you rest all the time. You eat fat young sheep and cows.
• Amos 8:10Your parties will become funerals. You will not sing happy songs but you will weep. You will wear rough clothes and you will cut off all your hair. You will be as sad as if your only son had died. That will be a very bad day for you.’
• James 4:9Be sorry about your sins and weep. Stop laughing and instead be sad. Do not be happy but be very upset.

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