Lamentations 5:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 5:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 5:15 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 5:15 — KJV
“The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.”
— Lamentations 5:15 (KJV)
Lamentations 5:15 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 5:15
“As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.”
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“Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:15: joy, dance, into
“And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:15: heart, turned, into
“Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:15: joy, heart, dance
“And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son. victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:15: turned, into, mourning
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