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Jeremiah 9:1
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If my head were a flowing spring,
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
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 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!
Oh, that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For those slain of the daughter of my people!
I wish my head were like a spring of water and my eyes like a fountain of tears! Then I could cry day and night for my people who have been killed.
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!
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Oh, that mine head were full of water and mine eyes a fountaine of teares, that I might weepe day and night for the slayne of the daughter of my people.
Oh that my head were watersAnd my eyes a fountain of tears,That I might weep day and nightFor the slain of the daughter of my people!
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
I wish that my eyes were fountains of tears, so I could cry day and night for my people who were killed.
I wish I were out in the desert, in some travelers' lodge — then I could get away from my people and distance myself from them! "Indeed they are all adulterers, a band of traitors is what they are.
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eye a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
If my head were filled with water, and if my eyes were a fountain of tears, I would cry day and night for my people who have been destroyed.
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!
I wish my head were a well of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I could cry day and night for my people who have been killed.
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night, for the slain of the daughter of my people.
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!
O who will geue my heade water ynough, & a well of teares for myne eyes: that I maye wepe night ad daye, for the slaughter of my people?
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!
If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!
Oh that I were in the wilderness, in a lodging-place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountaine of teares, that I might weepe day and night for the slaine of the daughter of my people.
O who wyll geue my head water inough, and a wel of teares for mine eyes, that I may weepe night and day for the slaughter of my people?
Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? then would I weep for this my people day and night, even for the slain of the daughter of my people.
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!
Who schal yyue watir to myn heed, and a welle of teeris to myn iyen? And Y schal biwepe dai and niyt the slayn men of the douyter of my puple.
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!
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!
I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
If only my head were a pool of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night for all my people who have been slaughtered.
If only my head were a well of water, and my eyes a well of tears, that I might cry day and night for my people who have been killed!
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 my poor people!
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!
Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? and I will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.
O 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!
Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.
I wish my head were a well of water and my eyes fountains of tears So I could weep day and night for casualties among my dear, dear people. At times I wish I had a wilderness hut, a backwoods cabin, Where I could get away from my people and never see them again. They're a faithless, feckless bunch, a congregation of degenerates.
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!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
O that, Heb. Who will give, etc. Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 13:17, Jeremiah 14:17, Psalms 119:136, Isaiah 16:9, Isaiah 22:4, Lamentations 2:11, Lamentations 2:18, Lamentations 2:19, Lamentations 3:48, Lamentations 3:49, Ezekiel 21:6, Ezekiel 21:7
weep: Psalms 42:3
the daughter: Jeremiah 6:26, Jeremiah 8:21, Jeremiah 8:22
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:6 - drew water 1 Samuel 15:11 - it grieved 1 Samuel 15:35 - Samuel mourned 2 Samuel 1:12 - General 2 Samuel 11:14 - wrote a letter 2 Kings 8:11 - wept 2 Kings 22:19 - wept Ezra 10:1 - weeping Esther 8:6 - For how Isaiah 59:11 - mourn Jeremiah 4:11 - daughter Jeremiah 8:4 - Moreover Jeremiah 9:18 - our eyes Jeremiah 10:19 - Woe Jeremiah 17:16 - neither Jeremiah 23:9 - heart Jeremiah 30:15 - for the Jeremiah 45:3 - Woe Lamentations 1:2 - weepeth Lamentations 1:16 - I weep Ezekiel 6:11 - Smite Ezekiel 12:2 - thou Ezekiel 19:1 - take Ezekiel 24:16 - thy tears Daniel 10:2 - I Daniel Micah 1:8 - I will wail Matthew 18:31 - they Luke 6:21 - ye that weep Luke 19:41 - and wept John 11:35 - General Acts 20:19 - many Romans 9:2 - General Romans 12:15 - weep 1 Corinthians 13:6 - Rejoiceth not 2 Corinthians 12:21 - that I Philippians 3:18 - even 1 Thessalonians 2:9 - night 2 Peter 2:7 - vexed
Cross-References
And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs.
But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it."
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her: "Our sister, may you become The mother of thousands of ten thousands; And may your descendants possess The gates of those who hate them."
Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who delights greatly in His commandments.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears,.... Or, "who will give to my head water, and to mine eyes a fountain of tears?" as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions. The prophet wishes that his head was turned and dissolved into water, and that tears might flow from his eyes as water issues out from a fountain; and he suggests, that could this be, it would not be sufficient to deplore the miserable estate of his people, and to express the inward grief and sorrow of his mind on account of it.
That I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people; the design of all this is to set forth the greatness and horribleness of the destruction, signifying that words were wanting to express it, and tears to lament it; and to awaken the attention of the people to it, who were quite hardened, insensible, and stupid. The Jewish writers close the eighth chapter with this verse, and begin the ninth with the following.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
This verse is joined in the Hebrew to the preceding chapter. But any break at all here interrupts the meaning.
A fountain - Rather, “a reservoir,” in which tears had been stored up, so that the prophet might weep abundantly.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER IX
The prophet bitterly laments the terrible judgments about to be
inflicted upon his countrymen, and points out some of the evils
which have provoked the Divine Majesty, 1-9.
Judea shall be utterly desolated, and the inhabitants
transplanted into heathen countries, 10-17.
In allusion to an ancient custom, a band of mourning women is
called to lament over the ruins of Jerusalem, 17, 18;
and even the funeral dirge is given in terms full of beauty,
elegance, and pathos, 19-22.
God is the fountain of all good; man, merely an instrument by
which a portion of this good is distributed in the earth;
therefore none should glory in his wisdom, might, or riches,
23, 24.
The judgments of God shall fall, not upon the land of Judea
only, but also upon many heathen nations, 25, 26.
NOTES ON CHAP. IX
Verse Jeremiah 9:1. O that my head were waters — מי יתן ראשי מים mi yitten roshi mayim, "who will give to my head waters?" My mourning for the sins and desolations of my people has already exhausted the source of tears: I wish to have a fountain opened there, that I may weep day and night for the slain of my people. This has been the sorrowful language of many a pastor who has preached long to a hardened, rebellious people, to little or no effect. This verse belongs to the preceding chapter.
