Jeremiah 9:1

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Jeremiah 9:1

Oh 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!

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen to it,
My soul will sob in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will bitterly weep
And flow down with tears,
Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.

Isaiah 22:4

Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me,
Let me weep bitterly,
Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
And roll in ashes;
Mourn as for an only son,
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.

Jeremiah 8:21-22

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken;
I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me.

My eyes fail because of tears,
My spirit is greatly troubled;
My heart is poured out on the earth
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
When little ones and infants faint
In the streets of the city.

Psalm 42:3

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

Psalm 119:136

My eyes shed streams of water,
Because they do not keep Your law.

Isaiah 16:9

Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah;
I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh;
For the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.

Jeremiah 4:19

My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart!
My heart is pounding in me;
I cannot be silent,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.

Jeremiah 14:17

“You will say this word to them,
‘Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow,
With a sorely infected wound.

Lamentations 2:18-19

Their heart cried out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let your tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief,
Let your eyes have no rest.

Lamentations 3:48-49

My eyes run down with streams of water
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Ezekiel 21:6-7

As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.

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Summary

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Oh that

The daughter

Jeremiah 6:26

Jeremiah 8:21

General references

Romans 9:2

Bible References

Oh that

My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart!

My heart is pounding in me;
I cannot be silent,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.

But if you will not listen to it,
My soul will sob in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will bitterly weep
And flow down with tears,
Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.

My eyes shed streams of water,
Because they do not keep Your law.

Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah;
I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh;
For the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.

Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me,
Let me weep bitterly,
Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

My eyes fail because of tears,
My

spirit is greatly troubled;

heart is poured out on the earth

Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,

When little ones and infants faint
In the streets of the city.

eyes run down with streams of water

Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.

The daughter

O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
And roll in ashes;

Mourn as for an only son,

A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken;
I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me.

General references

They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

My eyes shed streams of water,
Because they do not keep Your law.

eyes run down with streams of water

Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Jesus wept.

that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.