Lamentations 5:15
שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
In Context
14זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם ׃
16נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי ־ נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ ׃
Cross References
Job 30:31וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִי וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֹל בֹּכִֽים ׃
Jeremiah 25:10וְהַאֲבַדְתִּי מֵהֶם קוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְקוֹל שִׂמְחָה קוֹל חָתָן וְקוֹל כַּלָּה קוֹל רֵחַיִם וְאוֹר נֵֽר ׃
Amos 8:10וְהָפַכְתִּי חַגֵּיכֶם לְאֵבֶל וְכָל ־ שִֽׁירֵיכֶם לְקִינָה וְהַעֲלֵיתִי עַל ־ כָּל ־ מָתְנַיִם שָׂק וְעַל ־ כָּל ־ רֹאשׁ קָרְחָה וְשַׂמְתִּיהָ כְּאֵבֶל יָחִיד וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ כְּיוֹם מָֽר ׃
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 5:2-17
An Appeal to God; Complicated Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 1 Remember, O Lord , what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. 4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. 5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not;… Read the whole commentary →