Jeremiah 9:1 Meaning
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!
Context Explained
1Oh 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!
2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
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Related Cross References
Romans 9:2
Paul expresses similar grief for his people.
Matthew 23:37
Jesus laments over Jerusalem, reflecting deep sorrow for His people.
2 Samuel 18:33
King David's sorrow for Absalom parallels Jeremiah's grief.
Source: Jeremiah 9:1