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 are led away to work at millstones, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood. 14The elders no longer sit in the city gates; the young men no longer dance and sing. Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. 16The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned. 17Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with 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 30:11You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,
• Amos 6:4How terrible for you who sprawl on ivory beds and lounge on your couches, eating the meat of tender lambs from the flock and of choice calves fattened in the stall.
• Amos 8:10I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning and your singing into weeping. You will wear funeral clothes and shave your heads to show your sorrow— as if your only son had died. How very bitter that day will be!
• James 4:9Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.

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

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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