Psalm 30:11 reverses the direction—God turns wailing into dancing, offering hope that Lamentations' mourning will not last forever.

Amos 8:10 uses almost identical language: feasts turned to mourning and songs to lamentation, confirming the divine pattern.

Job 30:31 uses the same imagery: his lyre and flute are tuned to mourning, mirroring the loss of music and joy in Lamentations.

Psalm 137:4 asks how to sing in a foreign land, echoing the cessation of joy and dancing in exile here.

Isaiah 24:11 describes joy turning dark and gladness banished, mirroring the transition from joy to mourning in judgment.

James 4:9 calls believers to voluntarily change laughter to mourning—a moral response, while Lamentations describes forced mourning under judgment.