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 youths stumbled under loads of wood. 14Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music. The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning. 16The crown has fallen from our head; 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

• The joyמָשׂוֹשׂmâώôώ · rejoicingH4885
• of our heartsלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• ceasedשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• Our dancingמָחוֹלmâchôl · danceH4234
• has been turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• into mourningאֵ֫בֶל'êbel · mourningH60

Cross-references for Lamentations 5:15

• Psalms 30:11You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
• Amos 6:4Those who recline on beds of ivory And sprawl on their couches, And eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall,
• Amos 8:10Then I will turn your festivals into mourning And all your songs into lamentation; And I will bring sackcloth on everyone’s loins And baldness on every head. And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
• James 4:9Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your 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