Lamentations 5:15 (GNV)

Passage

The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 5:13 They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.

Lamentations 5:14 The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs.

Lamentations 5:15 The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.

Lamentations 5:16 The crowne of our head is fallen: wo nowe vnto vs, that we haue sinned.

Lamentations 5:17 Therefore our heart is heauy for these things, our eyes are dimme,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heart", "gone", "daunce", "turned", and "mourning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heart" and "gone", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "The Elders haue ceased from the gate..." into verse 16's "The crowne of our head is fallen...", so "heart" and "gone" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heart" and "gone" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.