Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Our dance

Psalm 30:11
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
Amos 6:4
"Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall,
Amos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
James 4:9
Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

General references

Job 30:31
My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.

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