9 ^[a]1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water
    and my eyes a fountain of tears!^(A)
I would weep^(B) day and night
    for the slain of my people.^(C)

² Oh, that I had in the desert^(A)
    a lodging place for travelers,
so that I might leave my people
    and go away from them;
for they are all adulterers,^(B)
    a crowd of unfaithful^(C) people.