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

13The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor. 14The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music. Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning. 16The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! 17Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.

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 30:11Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.
• Amos 6:4They 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.
• Amos 8:10I 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.
• James 4:9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.

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