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Jeremiah 9:18

Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.

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ASV

and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

KJV

And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּתְמַהֵ֕רְנָהu.te.ma.He.re.nahand they may hastenH4116 →
וְתִשֶּׂ֥נָהve.ti.Se.nahand they may take upH5375 →
עָלֵ֖ינוּ'a.Lei.nuon usH5921 →
נֶ֑הִיNe.hiwailingH5092 →
וְתֵרַ֤דְנָהve.te.Rad.nahso they may run downH3381 →
עֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙'ei.Nei.nueyes ourH5869 →
דִּמְעָ֔הdim.'Ahtear[s]H1832 →
וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּve.'af.'a.Pei.nuand eyelids ourH6079 →
יִזְּלוּ־yi.ze.lu-they may flowH5140 →
מָֽיִם׃Ma.yimwaterH4325 →

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Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.Jeremiah 9:1Oh, 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.Jeremiah 14:17You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.Lamentations 3:48Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.Jeremiah 9:20Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.2 Kings 8:11Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.Lamentations 2:18The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.Jeremiah 9:10I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.Lamentations 1:2She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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