Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Our dance
General references
Bible References
Our dance
Psalm 30:11
You have turned my wailing into my dancing. You have removed my sackcloth and clothed me [with] joy
Amos 6:4
[Alas for] those who lie on beds of ivory and lounge on their couches, and those eating young rams from [the] sheep and goats, and bull-calves from the middle of [the] animal stall.
Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning and all of your songs into lament, and I will put sackcloth on all loins and baldness on every head. And I will make it like the mourning for an only child, and its end like a bitter day.
James 4:9
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.
General references
Job 30:31
So my lyre came to be [used] for mourning, and my flute [for the] voice of [those who] weep.