James 4:9

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Summary

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Afflicted

Let

General references

Proverbs 14:13

Bible References

Afflicted

Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:

Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.

They who are sowing with tears, with shouting, shall reap:

Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of banqueting, for, that, is the end of all men, - and, the living, should take it to his heart.

And, when My Lord Yahweh of hosts called in that day, - for weeping, and for lamentation, and for shaving bare and for girding with sackcloth,

With weeping, shall they come in, And with supplications, will I lead them, I will bring them unto rivers of waters By a smooth way, wherein they shall not stumble, - For I have become, to Israel, a father, And as for Ephraim, my firstborn, is he!

While they who escape of them shall escape and become on the mountains as the doves of the valleys, all of them cooing, - -each one in his punishment.

To the end thou mayest remember and turn pale, and there be to thee no more, an opening of mouth, because of thy reproach,- In that I have accepted a propitiatory covering for thee as to all that thou hast done, Declareth My Lord. Yahweh.

But I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitant of Jerusalem, the spirit of favour, and of supplications, and they will look unto me, whom they have pierced, - and will wail over him, as one waileth over an only son, and will make bitter outcry over him, as one maketh bitter outcry over a firstborn.

Happy, they who mourn; for, they, shall be comforted:

Happy, ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Happy, ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

For, grief according to God, worketh, repentance unto salvation, not to be regretted; although, the grieving of the world, worketh, death.

Let

Thus is attuned to mourning - my lyre, and my flute, to the noise of them who weep.

Even, in laughter, the heart may be in pain, and, the latter end of gladness, be grief.

Of laughter, I said, Madness! and, of mirth, What can it do?

For, as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so, is the laughter of the dullard, - even this, then, was vanity.

Ceased hath the joy of our hearts, Changed to mourning, our dance.

Alas! for you, ye who are filled full now, for ye shall hunger. Alas! ye that laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

But Abraham said - Child! remember - That thou didst duly received thy good things in thy life, and, Lazarus, in like manner, the evil things; but, now, here, he is comforted, and, thou, art in anguish.

As much as she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give, unto her, torment and grief: - because, in her heart, she saith - I sit a Queen, and, widow, am I not, and, grief, in nowise shall I see!

General references

Even, in laughter, the heart may be in pain, and, the latter end of gladness, be grief.