17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes drop down [a]tears night and day without ceasing: for the virgin daughter of my people is destroyed with a great destruction, and with a sore grievous plague.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:17 The false prophets promised peace and assurance, but Jeremiah calleth to tears, and repentance for their affliction, which is at hand, as Jer. 9:1; Lam. 1:16 and 2:18.

17 “Speak this word to them:

“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears(A)
    night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin(B) Daughter, my people,
    has suffered a grievous wound,
    a crushing blow.(C)

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18 Their heart (A)cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter Zion, let tears run down like a river, day and night: take thee no rest, neither let the apple of thine eye cease.

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18 The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.(A)
You walls of Daughter Zion,(B)
    let your tears(C) flow like a river
    day and night;(D)
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.(E)

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