Jeremiah 9:1
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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!Oh, 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.
In other translations
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!Oh, 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.
Hebrew words
מִי־mi-who?H4310יִתֵּןyitenwill he giveH5414רֹאשִׁיroshihead myH7218מַיִםmayim[was] waterH4325וְעֵינִיve'einiand eye myH5869מְקוֹרmekor[was] a fountain ofH4726דִּמְעָהdim'ahtear[s]H1832וְאֶבְכֶּהve'evkehso I may bewailH1058יוֹמָםyomamby dayH3119וָלַיְלָהvalaylahand nightH3915אֵת'et<obj.>H853חַלְלֵיchalei[those] slain ofH2491בַת־vat-[the] daughter ofH1323עַמִּי׃'amipeople myH5971
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- Jeremiah 8:21-2221 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?21 For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
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