Verse 1

Oh that{H5414}{(H8799)} my head{H7218} were waters{H4325}, and mine eyes{H5869} a fountain{H4726} of tears{H1832}, that I might weep{H1058}{(H8799)} day{H3119} and night{H3915} for the slain{H2491} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}!

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 13:17 : 17 But if ye will not hear{H8085}{(H8799)} it, my soul{H5315} shall weep{H1058}{(H8799)} in secret places{H4565} for{H6440} your pride{H1466}; and mine eye{H5869} shall weep{H1830}{(H8799)} sore{H1830}{(H8800)}, and run down{H3381}{(H8799)} with tears{H1832}, because the LORD'S{H3068} flock{H5739} is carried away captive{H7617}{(H8738)}.
  • Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore said{H559}{(H8804)} I, Look away{H8159}{(H8798)} from me; I will weep{H1065} bitterly{H4843}{(H8762)}, labour{H213}{(H8686)} not to comfort{H5162}{(H8763)} me, because of the spoiling{H7701} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}.
  • Jer 6:26 : 26 O daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}, gird{H2296}{(H8798)} thee with sackcloth{H8242}, and wallow{H6428}{(H8690)} thyself in ashes{H665}: make{H6213}{(H8798)} thee mourning{H60}, as for an only son{H3173}, most bitter{H8563} lamentation{H4553}: for the spoiler{H7703}{(H8802)} shall suddenly{H6597} come{H935}{(H8799)} upon us.
  • Jer 8:21-22 : 21 For the hurt{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} am I hurt{H7665}{(H8717)}; I am black{H6937}{(H8804)}; astonishment{H8047} hath taken hold{H2388}{(H8689)} on me. 22 Is there no balm{H6875} in Gilead{H1568}; is there no physician{H7495}{(H8802)} there? why then{H3588} is not the health{H724} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} recovered{H5927}{(H8804)}?
  • Lam 2:11 : 11 Mine eyes{H5869} do fail{H3615}{(H8804)} with tears{H1832}, my bowels{H4578} are troubled{H2560}{(H8777)}, my liver{H3516} is poured{H8210}{(H8738)} upon the earth{H776}, for the destruction{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}; because the children{H5768} and the sucklings{H3243}{(H8802)} swoon{H5848}{(H8736)} in the streets{H7339} of the city{H7151}.
  • Lam 2:18-19 : 18 Their heart{H3820} cried{H6817}{(H8804)} unto the Lord{H136}, O wall{H2346} of the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726}, let tears{H1832} run down{H3381}{(H8685)} like a river{H5158} day{H3119} and night{H3915}: give{H5414}{(H8799)} thyself no rest{H6314}; let not the apple{H1323} of thine eye{H5869} cease{H1826}{(H8799)}. 19 Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, cry out{H7442}{(H8798)} in the night{H3915}: in the beginning{H7218} of the watches{H821} pour out{H8210}{(H8798)} thine heart{H3820} like water{H4325} before{H5227} the face{H6440} of the Lord{H136}: lift up{H5375}{(H8798)} thy hands{H3709} toward him for the life{H5315} of thy young children{H5768}, that faint{H5848}{(H8803)} for hunger{H7458} in the top{H7218} of every street{H2351}.
  • Lam 3:48-49 : 48 Mine eye{H5869} runneth down{H3381}{(H8799)} with rivers{H6388} of water{H4325} for the destruction{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}. 49 Mine eye{H5869} trickleth down{H5064}{(H8738)}, and ceaseth{H1820}{(H8799)} not, without any intermission{H2014},
  • Ezek 21:6-7 : 6 Sigh{H584}{(H8734)} therefore, thou son{H1121} of man{H120}, with the breaking{H7670} of thy loins{H4975}; and with bitterness{H4814} sigh{H584}{(H8735)} before their eyes{H5869}. 7 And it shall be, when they say{H559}{(H8799)} unto thee, Wherefore sighest{H584}{(H8737)} thou? that thou shalt answer{H559}{(H8804)}, For the tidings{H8052}; because it cometh{H935}{(H8802)}: and every heart{H3820} shall melt{H4549}{(H8738)}, and all hands{H3027} shall be feeble{H7503}{(H8804)}, and every spirit{H7307} shall faint{H3543}{(H8765)}, and all knees{H1290} shall be weak{H3212}{(H8799)} as water{H4325}: behold, it cometh{H935}{(H8802)}, and shall be brought to pass{H1961}{(H8738)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.
  • Jer 14:17 : 17 Therefore thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)} this word{H1697} unto them; Let mine eyes{H5869} run down{H3381}{(H8799)} with tears{H1832} night{H3915} and day{H3119}, and let them not cease{H1820}{(H8799)}: for the virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} is broken{H7665}{(H8738)} with a great{H1419} breach{H7667}, with a very{H3966} grievous{H2470}{(H8737)} blow{H4347}.
  • Jer 4:19 : 19 My bowels{H4578}, my bowels{H4578}! I am pained{H2342}{(H8799)}{(H8675)}{H3176}{(H8686)} at my very{H7023} heart{H3820}; my heart{H3820} maketh a noise{H1993}{(H8802)} in me; I cannot hold my peace{H2790}{(H8686)}, because thou hast heard{H8085}{(H8804)}, O my soul{H5315}, the sound{H6963} of the trumpet{H7782}, the alarm{H8643} of war{H4421}.
  • Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears{H1832} have been my meat{H3899} day{H3119} and night{H3915}, while they continually{H3117} say{H559}{H8800)} unto me, Where is thy God{H430}?
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivers{H6388} of waters{H4325} run down{H3381}{(H8804)} mine eyes{H5869}, because they keep{H8104}{(H8804)} not thy law{H8451}.
  • Isa 16:9 : 9 Therefore I will bewail{H1058}{(H8799)} with the weeping{H1065} of Jazer{H3270} the vine{H1612} of Sibmah{H7643}: I will water{H7301}{(H8762)} thee with my tears{H1832}, O Heshbon{H2809}, and Elealeh{H500}: for the shouting{H1959} for thy summer fruits{H7019} and for thy harvest{H7105} is fallen{H5307}{(H8804)}.