Jeremiah 9:18

Easy To Read Version

\{The people say,\}\par ‘Let those women come quickly\par and cry for us.\par Then our eyes will fill with tears,\par and streams of water will come\par out of our eyes.’\par

Cross References

Psalm 119:136

I have cried a river of tears\par because people don’t obey your teachings.\par

Isaiah 22:4

So I say,\par “Don’t look at me!\par Let me cry!\par Don’t rush to comfort me about\par the destruction of Jerusalem.”\par

Jeremiah 13:17

If you people of Judah don’t listen to the Lord,\par I will hide and cry.\par Your pride will cause me to cry.\par I will cry very hard.\par My eyes will overflow with tears.\par Why? Because the Lord’s flock {\cf2\super [111]} \par will be captured.\par

Jeremiah 14:17

“Jeremiah, speak this message\par to the people of Judah:\par ‘My eyes are filled with tears.\par I will cry night and day without stopping.\par I will cry for my virgin daughter. {\cf2\super [123]} \par I will cry for my people.\par Why? Because someone hit them\par and crushed them.\par They have been hurt very badly.\par

Jeremiah 3:24

That terrible false god Baal has eaten\par everything our fathers owned.\par This has happened since we were children.\par That terrible false god took\par our fathers’ sheep and cattle,\par and their sons and daughters.\par

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame.\par Let our shame cover us like a blanket.\par We have sinned against the Lord our God.\par We and our fathers have sinned.\par We have not obeyed the Lord our God\par

Jeremiah 4:20

Disaster follows disaster!\par The whole country is destroyed!\par Suddenly my tents are destroyed!\par My curtains are torn down!\par

Jeremiah 6:26

My people, put on sackcloth {\cf2\super [47]} ,\par and roll in the ashes. {\cf2\super [48]} \par Cry loud for the dead people.\par Cry like you lost an only son.\par Do these things because the destroyer\par will come against us very quickly.\par

Jeremiah 9:1

If my head was filled with water,\par and if my eyes were a fountain of tears,\par I would cry day and night\par for my people that have been destroyed.\par

Jeremiah 9:10

I (Jeremiah) will cry loud for the mountains.\par I will sing a funeral song\par for the empty fields.\par Why? Because the living things\par were taken away.\par No person travels there now.\par The sounds of cattle can’t be heard there.\par The birds have flown away\par and the animals are gone.\par

Jeremiah 9:20

Now, women of Judah,\par listen to the message from the Lord.\par Listen to the words from the Lord’s mouth.\par \{The Lord says,\}\par “Teach your daughters how to cry loud.\par Each woman must learn to sing\par this funeral song:\par

Lamentations 1:2

She cries bitterly in the night.\par Her tears are on her cheeks.\par She has no one to comfort her.\par Many nations were friendly to her.\par But none of them comforts her now.\par All of her friends turned their backs on her.\par Her friends became her enemies.\par

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes are worn out with tears!\par My insides are upset!\par My heart feels like it has been poured\par on the ground!\par I feel this way because of the destruction\par of my people.\par Children and babies are fainting.\par They are fainting in the public squares\par of the city.\par

Lamentations 2:13

Daughter of Zion, {\cf2\super [18]} \par what can I compare you to?\par What can I compare you to,\par Virgin Daughter of Zion {\cf2\super [19]} ?\par How can I comfort you?\par Your destruction is as big as the sea!\par I don’t think anyone can heal you.\par

Lamentations 2:18

Cry out {\cf2\super [20]} with your hearts to the Lord!\par Wall of the Daughter of Zion, {\cf2\super [21]} \par let tears roll down like a stream!\par let your tears roll down day and night.\par Don’t stop!\par Don’t let your eyes be still!\par

Lamentations 3:48

My eyes flow with streams of tears!\par I cry because of the destruction\par of my people!\par

Amos 5:16

My Master, God All-Powerful, says,\par “People will be crying in the public places.\par People will be crying in the streets.\par People will hire the professional criers. {\cf2\super [71]} \par

Luke 19:41

Jesus came near Jerusalem. He saw the city and began to cry for it.