Matthew 11:17

And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

And {G2532} saying {G3004}, We have piped {G832} unto you {G5213}, and {G2532} ye have {G3738} not {G3756} danced {G3738}; we have mourned {G2354} unto you {G5213}, and {G2532} ye have {G2875} not {G3756} lamented {G2875}.

`We made happy music, but you wouldn't dance! We made sad music, but you wouldn't cry!'

‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 28:9 (6 votes)

    ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the milk, [and] drawn from the breasts.

  • Isaiah 28:13 (6 votes)

    But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

  • Isaiah 30:29 (3 votes)

    Ye shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 31:4 (2 votes)

    Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

  • Matthew 9:15 (2 votes)

    And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

  • Jeremiah 9:17 (2 votes)

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning [women], that they may come:

  • Jeremiah 9:20 (2 votes)

    Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.