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Lamentations 5:14-15
The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
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Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;
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Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord God of Hosts called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.
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Amos 8:3
In that day the temple songs will become wailing”— this is the Lord God’s declaration.“ Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence!”
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Hosea 9:4
They will not pour out their wine offerings to the Lord, and their sacrifices will not please Him. Their food will be like the bread of mourners; all who eat it become defiled. For their bread will be for their appetites alone; it will not enter the house of the Lord.
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Isaiah 49:21
Then you will say within yourself,‘ Who fathered these for me? I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive, exiled and wandering— but who brought them up? See, I was left by myself— but these, where did they come from?’”