Jeremiah 14:17
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17 You shall say to them this word:
Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
and let them not cease,
for the virgin daughter of my people is struck down with a crushing blow,
with a very grievous wound.(A)
Jeremiah 8:21
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21 For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken,
I mourn, and horror has seized me.(A)
Lamentations 2:13
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13 What can I say for you, to what compare you,
O daughter Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter Zion?
For vast as the sea is your ruin;
who can heal you?(A)
Lamentations 1:15-16
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15 The Lord has rejected
all my warriors in the midst of me;
he proclaimed a time against me
to crush my young men;
the Lord has trodden as in a winepress
the virgin daughter Judah.(A)
16 For these things I weep;
my eyes[a] flow with tears;
for a comforter is far from me,
one to revive my courage;
my children are desolate,
for the enemy has prevailed.(B)
Footnotes
- 1.16 Heb my eye, my eye
Jeremiah 13:17
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17 But if you will not listen,
my soul will 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.(A)
Jeremiah 9:1
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9 [a]O that my head were a spring of water
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
so that I might weep day and night
for the slain of the daughter of my people!(A)
Footnotes
- 9.1 8.23 in Heb
Micah 6:13
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Footnotes
- 6.13 Gk Syr Vg: Heb have made sick
Lamentations 2:18
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18 Cry aloud[a] to the Lord!
O wall of daughter Zion!
Let tears stream down like a torrent
day and night!
Give yourself no rest,
your eyes no respite!(A)
Footnotes
- 2.18 Cn: Heb Their heart cried
Jeremiah 10:19
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19 Woe is me because of my hurt!
My wound is severe.
But I said, “Truly this is my punishment,
and I must bear it.”(A)
Isaiah 37:22
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22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:
She despises you; she scorns you—
virgin daughter Zion;
she tosses her head—behind your back,
daughter Jerusalem.(A)
Psalm 39:10
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Footnotes
- 39.10 Heb hostility
Amos 5:2
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2 Fallen, no more to rise,
is maiden Israel;
forsaken on her land,
with no one to raise her up.(A)
Lamentations 3:48-49
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48 My eyes flow with rivers of tears
because of the destruction of my people.[a]
49 My eyes will flow without ceasing,
without respite,(A)
Footnotes
- 3.48 Heb the daughter of my people
Jeremiah 30:14-15
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14 All your lovers have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you,
for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy,
the punishment of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
because your sins are so numerous.(A)
15 Why do you cry out over your hurt?
Your pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
because your sins are so numerous,
I have done these things to you.
Psalm 119:136
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136 My eyes shed streams of tears
because your law is not kept.(A)
Jeremiah 8:18
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The Prophet Mourns for the People
18 My joy is gone; grief is upon me;
my heart is sick.
Psalm 80:4-5
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4 O Lord God of hosts,
how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?(A)
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears
and given them tears to drink in full measure.(B)
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