Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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!

Bible References

Oh that

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 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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
Lamentations 3:48
My eyes flow with streams of tears
because of the destruction of my dear people.
Ezekiel 21:6
“But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart right before their eyes.

The daughter

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

General references

2 Samuel 1:12
They mourned, wept, and fasted until the evening for those who died by the sword—for Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s people, and the house of Israel.
Psalm 119:136
My eyes pour out streams of tears
because people do not follow Your instruction.
Lamentations 3:48
My eyes flow with streams of tears
because of the destruction of my dear people.
John 11:35
Jesus wept.
Romans 9:2
that I have intense sorrow and continual anguish in my heart.

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