Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Our dance

Amos 6:4
Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house;
Amos 8:10
Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
James 4:9
Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.

General references

Job 30:31
And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain