Jeremiah 9:1

“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 waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!" - Jeremiah 9:1
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What does Jeremiah 9:1 mean?

"O 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!" Jeremiah 9:1 (KJV) This poignant verse from the book of Jeremiah expresses the deep sorrow and lamentation of the prophet over the tragic…

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A Heart Broken for the Broken

Jeremiah 9:1 (KJV) resonates deeply with the cries of a prophet who bears the heavy burden of his people’s sin and suffering. The text reads, "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…

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A Lament for the Lost: A Prayer from Jeremiah 9:1

O Lord God Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, I come before You with a heart heavy with grief and sorrow, echoing the profound pain expressed in the words of Jeremiah: "Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the…

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Jeremiah 9:1 - "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!"
Jeremiah 1:9 - "Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth."
Jeremiah 9:9 - "¶ Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"
Jeremiah 1:1 - "The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:"
Jeremiah 38:9 (KJVA) 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
Jeremiah 38:9 (KJVA) 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
Jeremiah 17:9 - "¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"
Jeremiah 30:1 - "The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"
Jeremiah 14:1 - "The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth."
Jeremiah 17:9 (KJVA) 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:9 (KJVA) 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Jeremiah 7:1 - "The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"
Jeremiah 11:1 - "The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"
Jeremiah 18:9 - "And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;"
Jeremiah 26:9 - "Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD."
Jeremiah 18:1 - "The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"
Jeremiah 46:1 - "The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;"
Jeremiah 9:6 - "Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 5:9 - "Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"
Jeremiah 9:14 - "But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:"
Jeremiah 30:9 - "But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them."
Jeremiah 2:9 - "¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead."
Jeremiah 11:9 - "And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
Jeremiah 9:25 - "¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;"
Jeremiah 38:9 - "My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city."
Jeremiah 13:9 - "Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem."
Jeremiah 29:9 - "For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 1: 1-10
Jeremiah 35:9 - "Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:"