Jeremiah 9:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

I wish that my eyes were fountains of tears, so I could cry day and night for my people who were killed.

Cross References

Jeremiah 13:17

If you are too proud to listen, I will weep alone. Tears will stream from my eyes when the Lord's people are taken away as prisoners.

Isaiah 22:4

Then I said, “Leave me alone! Let me cry bitter tears. My people have been destroyed, so don't try to comfort me.”

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes are red from crying, my stomach is in knots, and I feel sick all over. My people are being wiped out, and children lie helpless in the streets of the city.

Jeremiah 6:26

and attacks without warning. So mourn, my people, as though your only child had died. Wear clothes made of sackcloth and roll in the ash pile.”

Jeremiah 14:17

Jeremiah, go and tell the people how you feel about all this. So I told them: “Tears will flood my eyes both day and night, because my nation suffers from a deadly wound.

Isaiah 16:9

Now I mourn like Jazer for the vineyards of Sibmah. I shed tears for Heshbon and for Elealeh. There will be no more harvest celebrations

Psalm 119:136

When anyone disobeys you, my eyes overflow with tears.

Psalm 42:3

Day and night my tears are my only food, as everyone keeps asking, “Where is your God?”

Jeremiah 4:19

I can't stand the pain! My heart pounds, as I twist and turn in agony. I hear the signal trumpet and the battle cry of the enemy, and I cannot be silent.

Jeremiah 8:18

I'm burdened with sorrow and feel like giving up.

Jeremiah 9:18

The people answered, “Let them come quickly and cry for us, until our own eyes are flooded with tears.

Psalm 55:7

I would go and live in some distant desert.

Jeremiah 3:10

And worst of all, the people of Judah pretended to come back to me.

Jeremiah 5:7

People of Judah, how can I forgive you? I gave you everything, but you abandoned me and worshiped idols. You men go to prostitutes and are unfaithful to your wives.

Ezekiel 22:12

Others of you accept money to murder someone. Your own people charge high interest when making a loan to other Israelites, and they get rich by cheating. Worst of all, you have forgotten me, the Lord God.

Hosea 7:4

Everyone burns with desire— they are like coals in an oven, ready to burst into flames.