Jeremiah 14:17
New King James Version
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 8:21
New King James Version
21 (A)For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt.
I am (B)mourning;
Astonishment has taken hold of me.
Lamentations 2:13
New King James Version
13 How shall I (A)console[a] you?
To what shall I liken you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ruin is spread wide as the sea;
Who can heal you?
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:13 Or bear witness to
Lamentations 1:15-16
New King James Version
15 “The Lord has trampled underfoot all my mighty men in my midst;
He has called an assembly against me
To crush my young men;
(A)The Lord trampled as in a winepress
The virgin daughter of Judah.
16 “For these things I weep;
My eye, (B)my eye overflows with water;
Because the comforter, who should restore my life,
Is far from me.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy prevailed.”
Jeremiah 13:17
New King James Version
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 9:1
New King James Version
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!
Micah 6:13
New King James Version
13 “Therefore I will also (A)make you sick by striking you,
By making you desolate because of your sins.
Lamentations 2:18
New King James Version
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.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:18 Lit. the daughter of your eye
Jeremiah 10:19
New King James Version
19 (A)Woe is me for my hurt!
My wound is severe.
But I say, (B)“Truly this is an infirmity,
And (C)I must bear it.”
Isaiah 37:22
New King James Version
22 this is the word which the Lord has spoken concerning him:
“The virgin, the daughter of Zion,
Has despised you, laughed you to scorn;
The daughter of Jerusalem
Has shaken her head behind your back!
Psalm 39:10
New King James Version
10 (A)Remove Your plague from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
Amos 5:2
New King James Version
2 The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
Lamentations 3:48-49
New King James Version
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,
Jeremiah 30:14-15
New King James Version
14 (A)All your lovers have forgotten you;
They do not seek you;
For I have wounded you with the wound (B)of an enemy,
With the chastisement (C)of a cruel one,
For the multitude of your iniquities,
(D)Because your sins have increased.
15 Why (E)do you cry about your affliction?
Your sorrow is incurable.
Because of the multitude of your iniquities,
Because your sins have increased,
I have done these things to you.
Psalm 119:136
New King James Version
136 (A)Rivers of water run down from my eyes,
Because men do not keep Your law.
Jeremiah 8:18
New King James Version
The Prophet Mourns for the People
18 I would comfort myself in sorrow;
My heart is faint in me.
Psalm 80:4-5
New King James Version
4 O Lord God of hosts,
(A)How long will You be angry
Against the prayer of Your people?
5 (B)You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great measure.
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