136 (A)Rivers of water run down from my eyes,
Because men do not keep Your law.

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136 Streams of tears(A) flow from my eyes,
    for your law is not obeyed.(B)

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Disobedience Brings God’s Judgment

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!

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[a]Oh, that my head were a spring of water
    and my eyes a fountain of tears!(A)
I would weep(B) day and night
    for the slain of my people.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.

and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put (A)a mark on the foreheads of the men (B)who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”

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and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem(A) and put a mark(B) on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament(C) over all the detestable things that are done in it.(D)

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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.

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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 Let them make haste
And take up a wailing for us,
That (A)our eyes may run with tears,
And our eyelids gush with water.

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18 Let them come quickly
    and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
    and water streams from our eyelids.(A)

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53 (A)Indignation has taken hold of me
Because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.

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53 Indignation grips me(A) because of the wicked,
    who have forsaken your law.(B)

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11 (A)“I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has (B)turned back from following Me, (C)and has not performed My commandments.” And it (D)grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night.

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11 “I regret(A) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned(B) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”(C) Samuel was angry,(D) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

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(A)that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. For (B)I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my [a]countrymen according to the flesh,

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  1. Romans 9:3 Or relatives

I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself(A) were cursed(B) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(C) those of my own race,(D)

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158 I see the treacherous, and (A)am disgusted,
Because they do not keep Your word.

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158 I look on the faithless with loathing,(A)
    for they do not obey your word.(B)

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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and (A)wept over it,

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41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it(A)

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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.

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17 If you do not listen,(A)
    I will weep in secret
    because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
    overflowing with tears,(B)
    because the Lord’s flock(C) will be taken captive.(D)

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