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Lamentations 5:14-15
Elders are absent from the gate, Young men from their music.The joy of our hearts has ended; Our dancing has been turned into 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
Therefore on that day the Lord God of armies called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.
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Amos 8:3
The songs of the palace will turn to wailing on that day,” declares the Lord God.“ The corpses will be many; in every place they will throw them out. Hush!”
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Hosea 9:4
They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord, Nor will their sacrifices please Him. Their bread will be to them like mourners’ bread; All who eat it will be defiled, Because their bread will be for themselves alone; It will not enter the house of the Lord.
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Isaiah 49:21
Then you will say in your heart,‘ Who has fathered these for me, Since I have been bereaved of my children And cannot conceive, and I am an exile, and a wanderer? And who has raised these? Behold, I was left alone; Where are these from?’ ”