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Psalm 30:11
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Amos 6:4-7
That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; …

Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an onlyson, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

our dancing has turned to mourning.
Dancing in ancient Israel was a common expression of joy and celebration, often associated with religious festivals and victories (Exodus 15:20,2 Samuel 6:14). The transformation from dancing to mourning signifies a complete reversal of fortune and a deep sense of loss. Mourning in the biblical context involved specific rituals, such as wearing sackcloth and ashes, and was a public expression of grief (Job 2:12,Esther 4:3). This phrase captures the communal aspect of lament, as the entire community shares in the sorrow. It also foreshadows the hope of future restoration, as other scriptures promise a return to joy and dancing (Jeremiah 31:13,Isaiah 61:3). In a typological sense, this transformation can be seen as a reflection of the suffering and eventual triumph of Jesus Christ, who turns mourning into joy through His resurrection (John 16:20-22).

Lamentations pictures a nation whose inner life has been drained. After Jerusalem’s fall, the people confess, “Joy has left our hearts”.

• The statement is literal: covenant disobedience invited God’s righteous judgment, and the resulting exile robbed them of gladness (Deuteronomy 28:47–48).

• The line traces the loss back to the heart— the control center of thoughts, desires, and spiritual vitality (Proverbs 4:23). When the heart is emptied of joy, everything else follows.

• Other prophets warned that God would “banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness” (Jeremiah 25:10), and Isaiah foresaw “joy is gone from our hearts” amid devastation (Isaiah 24:11).

• By contrast, God promises restoration that begins in the same place: “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation” (Psalm 51:12), and Jesus assures His disciples, “no one will take your joy from you” (John 16:22).

The inner loss now shows outwardly: what once was celebration has become grief.

• Dancing in Scripture often marks covenant blessing and festive worship (Psalm 30:11;Jeremiah 31:13). Its disappearance signals the depth of judgment.

• Public worship at the temple had ceased; “the roads to Zion mourn” (Lamentations 1:4). Without God’s presence, even cultural expressions of joy are silenced.

• The line is honest about sorrow.Ecclesiastes 3:4 reminds us there is “a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.” In season of discipline, mourning is appropriate—as a step toward repentance (James 4:9–10).

• Yet hope remains. The same God who removed dancing promises to restore it: “You will again be adorned with tambourines and go out in the dances of the joyful” (Jeremiah 31:4).

Verse 15 captures Judah’s reality after judgment: joyless hearts and silenced celebration. It underlines that sin’s consequences touch both the inner person and the community’s shared life. Still, the verse sits inside a book that ends with a plea for renewal (Lamentations 5:21). God disciplines to reclaim His people, and the absence of joy becomes an invitation to seek restoration in Him—the only One who can turn mourning back into dancing.

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