Lamentations 5:15
Good News Translation
Happiness has gone out of our lives; grief has taken the place of our dances.

New Revised Standard Version
The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning.

Contemporary English Version
Our hearts are sad; instead of dancing, we mourn.

New American Bible
The joy of our hearts has ceased, dancing has turned into mourning;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.

our dance

Psalm 30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:

Amos 6:4-7 You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches: that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the herd; . . .

Amos 8:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth dark in the day of light:

James 4:9,10 Be afflicted and mourn and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into sorrow. . . .

Context
A Prayer for Restoration
14The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers. 15The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, because we have sinned.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 25:10
And I will take away from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the mill and the light of the lamp.

Amos 8:10
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth dark in the day of light:

Lamentations 5:14
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