Lamentations 5:15

A Request For Mercy

¹⁴ The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music. ¹⁵ Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning. ¹⁶ The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!

No

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.

Psalm 30:11

Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.

Jeremiah 25:10

I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses.

Amos 6:4-7

They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen.

James 4:9-10

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.