Lamentations 5:15
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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:

Lexicon
Joy
מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ (mə·śō·wś)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4885: Exultation, rejoicing

has left
שָׁבַת֙ (šā·ḇaṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7673: To repose, desist from exertion

our hearts;
לִבֵּ֔נוּ (lib·bê·nū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

our dancing
מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ (mə·ḥō·lê·nū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4234: A, dance

has turned
נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ (neh·paḵ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert

to mourning.
לְאֵ֖בֶל (lə·’ê·ḇel)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 60: Lamentation


Additional Translations
Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.
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