Lamentations 5:15

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

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 5. A Prayer. This chapter differs much from the previous four. It is not a Lament, but one long pleading; and it is not the chant of a...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He pursues the same subject, but he seems more clearly to explain what he had briefly stated in the preceding verse, when he says that all jo...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The joy of our heart is ceased ,.... ward joy was gone, as well as the external signs of it: it "sabbatized" y, as it may be rendered; alluding perh...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either our rejoicing at our solemn festivals, and dancings there, which were usual, as appeareth from many scriptures; or all our joy and dancings, a...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The joy of our heart is ceased, Our dance is turned into mourning. No longer were the inhabitants of Judah joyful at heart. Life under an oppressiv...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES. — Lamentations 5:14 . Entire collapse of interest in the common ways of life was shown by the abandonment of public meetings an...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS . Jeremiah in this last elegy continues the subject in more minute details; and having no hope for the present, he consoles himself with...
The Biblical Illustrator

The elders have ceased from the gate. The seat of justice overthrown 1. It is a grievous plague unto a people when the seat of justice is overt...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of the Present Misery
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning, all mirth and cheer being things of the past.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 6:4-7 ; Amos 8:10 ; James 4:10 ; James 4:9 ; Psalms 30:11

¹⁵ The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Related Commentaries of Lamentations 5:15

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 5:15