Lamentations 5:15
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15 The joy of our hearts has ceased;
our dancing has been turned to mourning.(A)
Amos 8:10
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10 I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will bring sackcloth on all loins
and baldness on every head;
I will make it like the mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.(A)
Jeremiah 25:10
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10 And I will banish from them the sound of mirth and the sound of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.(A)
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James 4:9-10
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9 Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.(A)
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Amos 6:4-7
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4 Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory
and lounge on their couches
and eat lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall,(A)
5 who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
and like David improvise on instruments of music,(B)
6 who drink wine from bowls
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!(C)
7 Therefore they shall now be the first to go into exile,
and the revelry of the loungers shall pass away.(D)
Psalm 30:11
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11 You have turned my mourning into dancing;
you have taken off my sackcloth
and clothed me with joy,(A)
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