Lamentations 5:15

15 La joie de notre cœur a cessé; nos danses sont changées en deuil.

Lamentations 5:15 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:15

The joy of our heart is ceased
ward joy was gone, as well as the external signs of it: it "sabbatized" ^F25, as it may be rendered; alluding perhaps to the cordial joy expressed formerly on their sabbaths and other festivals, now not observed; at least, not with that joy, inward and outward, they formerly were: our dance is turned into mourning;
which also was used at their solemn feasts, as well as at their common diversions, ( Judges 21:21 ) ; but now no more of that; but, instead of it, mourning at the calamities they were oppressed with; and at the remembrance of mercies and privileges, civil and religious, they were deprived of.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (tbv) "sabbatizat".

Lamentations 5:15 In-Context

13 Les jeunes gens ont porté la meule, et les enfants ont chancelé sous le bois.

14 Les vieillards ne se trouvent plus aux portes; les jeunes gens ont abandonné leurs lyres.

15 La joie de notre cœur a cessé; nos danses sont changées en deuil.

16 La couronne de notre tête est tombée. Malheur à nous! parce que nous avons péché!

17 C'est pour cela que notre cœur est malade; c'est pour ces choses que nos yeux sont obscurcis;