Jeremiah 9:1

Lament Over Judah

¹ If my head were a spring of water,
my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
over the slain of my dear people.
² If only I had a traveler’s lodging place
in the wilderness,
I would abandon my people
and depart from them,
for they are all adulterers,
a solemn assembly of treacherous people.

Day and Night

My People

Night and Day

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen,
my innermost being will weep in secret
because of your pride.
My eyes will overflow with tears,
for the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

Isaiah 22:4

Therefore I said,
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear people.”

Jeremiah 6:26

My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.

Jeremiah 8:21-22

I am broken by the brokenness
of my dear people.
I mourn; horror has taken hold of me.

Lamentations 2:11

כ KafMy eyes are worn out from weeping;
I am churning within.
My heart is poured out in grief
because of the destruction of my dear people,
because children and infants faint
in the streets of the city.

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?”

Psalm 119:136

My eyes pour out streams of tears
because people do not follow Your instruction.

Isaiah 16:9

So I join with Jazer
to weep for the vines of Sibmah;
I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears.
Triumphant shouts have fallen silent
over your summer fruit and your harvest.

Jeremiah 4:19

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in agony!
Oh, the pain in my heart!
My heart pounds;
I cannot be silent.
For you, my soul,
have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—
the shout of battle.

Jeremiah 14:17

You are to speak this word to them:
Let my eyes overflow with tears;
day and night may they not stop,
for the virgin daughter of my people
has been destroyed by a great disaster,
an extremely severe wound.

Lamentations 2:18-19

צ TsadeThe hearts of the people cry out to the Lord.
Wall of Daughter Zion,
let your tears run down like a river
day and night.
Give yourself no relief
and your eyes no rest.

Lamentations 3:48-49

My eyes flow with streams of tears
because of the destruction of my dear people.

Ezekiel 21:6-7

“But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart right before their eyes.