Jeremiah 9:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The people say, ‘Let those women come quickly and cry for us. Then our eyes will fill with tears that flow over our eyelids like streams of water.’

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:17

“Jeremiah, speak this message to the people of Judah: ‘My eyes fill with tears night and day without stopping. I cry for my virgin daughter, and for my dear people, because someone hit them and crushed them. They have been hurt very badly.

Jeremiah 9:1

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.

Isaiah 22:4

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

Lamentations 2:18

Cry out with all your heart to the Lord! Jerusalem, let tears roll down your walls. Let your tears flow like a stream day and night. Don’t stop crying or let your eyes dry.

Lamentations 2:11

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

Lamentations 1:2

She cries bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her. Many nations were friendly to her, but not one of them comforts her now. All her friends have turned their backs on her and have become her enemies.

Jeremiah 13:17

If you people of Judah don’t listen to him, I will hide and cry. Your pride will cause me to cry. I will cry very hard. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the Lord’s flock will be captured.

Jeremiah 9:20

Now, women of Judah, listen to the message from the Lord. Listen to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters how to cry loudly. Each of them must learn to sing this funeral song:

Jeremiah 9:10

I, Jeremiah, will cry for the mountains. I will sing a funeral song for the empty fields, because all the animals were taken away. No one travels there now. The sounds of cattle cannot be heard. The birds have flown away, and the animals are gone.

Jeremiah 6:26

My people, put on sackcloth and roll in the ashes. Cry loudly for the dead. Cry as if you lost an only son. Do this because the destroyer will come against us very quickly.

Luke 19:41

Jesus came near Jerusalem. Looking at the city, he began to cry for it

Psalm 119:136

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

Jeremiah 7:29

“Jeremiah, cut off your hair and throw it away. Go up to the bare hilltop and cry, because the Lord has rejected this generation of people. He has turned his back on these people. And in anger he will punish them.

Lamentations 3:48

My eyes flow with streams of tears. I cry because of the destruction of my people.

Amos 5:16

The Lord, the Lord God All-Powerful says, “People will be crying in the public places. They will be crying in the streets. They will hire the professional criers.

Jeremiah 3:24

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

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame. Let our shame cover us like a blanket. We have sinned against the Lord our God. We and our fathers have sinned. We have not obeyed the Lord our God from the time we were children.’”

Jeremiah 4:20

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

Lamentations 2:13

My dear Jerusalem, what can I say about you? What can I compare you to? What can I say you are like? How can I comfort you, city of Zion? You have been hurt much too badly for anyone to heal.