have not. did not. danced... lamented. Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6) in the Greek orchesasthe... ekopsasthe. but Figure of speech Parechesis, also in Ararnaic. rakkedton... arkkedton. In Eng. "ye did not leap... did not weep"; or "stept not... wept not".. common custom to this day; such response on the part of the audience being greatly appreciated.
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Matthew 11:17
17 And saying,We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.