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Jeremiah 9:1
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Jeremiah 9:1
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Disobedience Brings God’s Judgment
9 Oh, (A)that my head were waters,
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!
Jeremiah 9:1
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Jeremiah 9:1
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Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.
Jeremiah 13:17
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Jeremiah 13:17
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17 But if you will not hear it,
My soul will (A)weep in secret for your pride;
My eyes will weep bitterly
And run down with tears,
Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
Jeremiah 13:17
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Jeremiah 13:17
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Jeremiah 8:21-22
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Jeremiah 8:21-22
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21 (A)For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt.
I am (B)mourning;
Astonishment has taken hold of me.
22 Is there no (C)balm in Gilead,
Is there no physician there?
Why then is there no recovery
For the health of the daughter of my people?
Isaiah 22:4
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Isaiah 22:4
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4 Therefore I said, “Look away from me,
(A)I will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”
Isaiah 22:4
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Isaiah 22:4
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Lamentations 2:11
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Lamentations 2:11
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11 (A)My eyes fail with tears,
My [a]heart is troubled;
(B)My [b]bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because (C)the children and the infants
Faint in the streets of the city.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. inward parts
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. liver
Jeremiah 6:26
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Jeremiah 6:26
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26 O daughter of my people,
(A)Dress in sackcloth
(B)And roll about in ashes!
(C)Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation;
For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.
Ezekiel 21:6-7
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Ezekiel 21:6-7
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6 (A)Sigh therefore, son of man, with [a]a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes. 7 And it shall be when they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’ that you shall answer, ‘Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, (B)all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,’ says the Lord God.”
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- Ezekiel 21:6 Emotional distress, lit. the breaking of your loins
Ezekiel 21:6-7
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Ezekiel 21:6-7
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6 “Therefore groan, son of man! Groan before them with broken heart and bitter grief.(A) 7 And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?(B)’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt with fear(C) and every hand go limp;(D) every spirit will become faint(E) and every leg will be wet with urine.’(F) It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
Lamentations 3:48-49
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Lamentations 3:48-49
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48 (A)My eyes overflow with rivers of water
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 (B)My eyes flow and do not cease,
Without interruption,
Lamentations 3:48-49
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Lamentations 3:48-49
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49 My eyes will flow unceasingly,
without relief,(D)
Lamentations 2:18-19
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Lamentations 2:18-19
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18 Their heart cried out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
(A)Let tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Give [a]your eyes no rest.
19 “Arise, (B)cry out in the night,
At the beginning of the watches;
(C)Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift your hands toward Him
For the life of your young children,
Who faint from hunger (D)at the head of every street.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:18 Lit. the daughter of your eye
Jeremiah 14:17
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Jeremiah 14:17
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17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:
(A)‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
(B)For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
Jeremiah 14:17
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Jeremiah 14:17
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17 “Speak this word to them:
Isaiah 16:9
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Isaiah 16:9
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9 Therefore I will bewail the vine of Sibmah,
With the weeping of Jazer;
I will drench you with my tears,
(A)O Heshbon and Elealeh;
For [a]battle cries have fallen
Over your summer fruits and your harvest.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 16:9 Or shouting has
Psalm 119:136
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Psalm 119:136
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136 (A)Rivers of water run down from my eyes,
Because men do not keep Your law.
Psalm 119:136
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Psalm 119:136
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Psalm 42:3
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Psalm 42:3
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3 (A)My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
(B)“Where is your God?”
Psalm 42:3
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Psalm 42:3
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