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
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 8:21-22
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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)
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has the health of the daughter of my people
not been restored?(B)
Isaiah 22:4
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4 Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
let me weep bitter tears;
do not try to comfort me
for the destruction of my beloved people.”(A)
Lamentations 2:11
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11 My eyes are spent with weeping;
my stomach churns;
my bile is poured out on the ground
because of the destruction of my people,[a]
because infants and babes faint
in the streets of the city.(A)
Footnotes
- 2.11 Heb the daughter of my people
Jeremiah 6:26
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26 O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
and roll in ashes;
make mourning as for an only child,
most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.(A)
Psalm 119:136
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136 My eyes shed streams of tears
because your law is not kept.(A)
Ezekiel 21:6-7
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6 Moan, therefore, mortal; moan with body collapsed and bitter grief before their eyes.(A) 7 And when they say to you, “Why do you moan?” you shall say, “Because of the news that has come. Every heart will melt, and all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will turn to water. See, it comes and it will be fulfilled,” says the Lord God.
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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
Lamentations 2:18-19
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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)
19 Arise, cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the watches!
Pour out your heart like water
before the presence of the Lord!
Lift your hands to him
for the lives of your children,
who faint for hunger
at the head of every street.(B)
Footnotes
- 2.18 Cn: Heb Their heart cried
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)
Isaiah 16:9
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9 Therefore I weep as Jazer weeps
for the vines of Sibmah;
I drench you with my tears,
O Heshbon and Elealeh,
for the shout over your fruit harvest
and your grain harvest has ceased.(A)
Psalm 42:3
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3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me continually,
“Where is your God?”(A)
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