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I wish my head were a well of water,
    and my eyes a fountain of tears,
so that I could cry day and night
    for my people who have been killed.
I wish I had a place to stay in the desert
    where I could get away from my people.
They are all unfaithful,
    a mob of traitors.

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[a]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)
Oh, that I had in the desert(D)
    a lodging place for travelers,
so that I might leave my people
    and go away from them;
for they are all adulterers,(E)
    a crowd of unfaithful(F) people.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.