The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
"The mountain of Zion is desolate"  (Lamentations 5:18).  This is the climax of all that is wrong in Israel.  "Zion is the central symbol of God's presence, the visible sign of Israel's election, and it is deserted![19] This was the very ultimate of all the terrible things that had happened to Israel.