Jeremiah 9:18
'For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How devastated we are! We are utterly ashamed, for we have left the land and our dwellings have been cast off.”'
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
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.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
and let them make haste,{H4116} and take up{H5375} a wailing{H5092} for us, that our eyes{H5869} may run down{H3381} with tears,{H1832} and our eyelids{H6079} gush out{H5140} with waters.{H4325}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And let them make haste{H4116}{(H8762)}, and take up{H5375}{(H8799)} a wailing{H5092} for us, that our eyes{H5869} may run down{H3381}{(H8799)} with tears{H1832}, and our eyelids{H6079} gush out{H5140}{(H8799)} with waters{H4325}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
and singe a mournynge songe of you: that the teares maye fall out of oure eyes, and that oure eye lyddes maye gushe out of water.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And let them make haste, & let them take vp a lamentation for vs, that our eyes may cast out teares & our eye liddes gush out of water.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And sing a mourning song of vs, that the teares may fall out of our eyes, and that our eye liddes may gushe out of water.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And they hasten, and lift up for us a wailing. And run down our eyes do tears, And from our eyelids do waters flow.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they are streaming with water.
World English Bible (2000)
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.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
I said,“Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water.
Referenced Verses
- Jer 14:17 : 17 You are to speak this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day without ceasing, for the virgin daughter of my people has suffered a great shattering—a crushing blow, a grievous wound.'
- Jer 9:1 : 1 If only I had a place to stay in the wilderness, a travelers' shelter, so that I might leave my people and go away from them. For they are all adulterers, a gathering of traitors.
- Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore I said, 'Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of my people.'
- Jer 6:26 : 26 O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; mourn as for an only son, with bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
- Jer 9:10 : 10 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the towns of Judah desolate, without inhabitants.
- Jer 9:20 : 20 'For death has climbed in through our windows and entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets and young men from the public squares.'
- Jer 13:17 : 17 But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- Lam 1:2 : 2 Bitterly she weeps in the night, tears on her cheeks. There is no one to comfort her—all who loved her have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
- Lam 2:11 : 11 My eyes are worn out from weeping, my inner being is in turmoil; my heart is poured out on the ground because of the destruction of my people, as children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
- Lam 2:18 : 18 Their heart cried out to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your tears flow like a stream day and night; give yourself no rest, and let your eyes have no respite.
- Luke 19:41 : 41 As he approached and saw the city, he wept over it.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Jer 9:19-202 verses83%
19 'Hear the word of the Lord, you women; let your ears receive the words of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail and one another to mourn.'
20 'For death has climbed in through our windows and entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets and young men from the public squares.'
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17 'Let them come quickly and lift up a lament over us so that our eyes may overflow with tears and our eyelids stream with water.'
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1 If only I had a place to stay in the wilderness, a travelers' shelter, so that I might leave my people and go away from them. For they are all adulterers, a gathering of traitors.
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17 You are to speak this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day without ceasing, for the virgin daughter of my people has suffered a great shattering—a crushing blow, a grievous wound.'
- Lam 3:48-492 verses79%
48 Streams of water run down from my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 My eyes pour without ceasing, without relief,
- Lam 2:18-192 verses78%
18 Their heart cried out to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your tears flow like a stream day and night; give yourself no rest, and let your eyes have no respite.
19 Arise, cry out in the night, at the start of the night watches; pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your little children who faint from hunger at every street corner.
- Lam 1:16-183 verses77%
16 "Because of these things I weep; my eyes, my eyes flow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed."
17 Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed for Jacob that his neighbors become his foes; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
18 The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against his word. Listen, all you peoples; look at my suffering. My young women and my young men have gone into captivity.
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16 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, the Lord says: There will be wailing in all the open squares, and in all the streets they will say, 'Woe, woe!' They will summon the farmer to mourning and professional mourners to lamentation.
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4 Therefore I said, 'Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of my people.'
- Lam 2:10-123 verses77%
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and dressed themselves in sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground in despair.
11 My eyes are worn out from weeping, my inner being is in turmoil; my heart is poured out on the ground because of the destruction of my people, as children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
12 They cry out to their mothers, 'Where is the bread and the wine?' as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, and as they breathe their last in their mothers’ arms.
- 2 Chr 29:8-92 verses76%
8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of horror, devastation, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.
9 This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, daughters, and wives are in captivity today.
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12 In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth.
- Ezek 27:30-312 verses76%
30 They will mourn over you with loud cries, bitterly wailing, throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.
31 They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. In deep anguish and bitter mourning, they will weep for you.
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2 Judah mourns, and her gates languish; they sit on the ground in mourning, and the cry of Jerusalem rises up.
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8 For this, put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.
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17 Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your heritage an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”'
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8 Mourn like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
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10 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the towns of Judah desolate, without inhabitants.
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3 In its streets, they wear sackcloth. On its rooftops and public squares, everyone wails, falling down in tears.
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17 But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
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8 Because of this, I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like jackals and mourn like ostriches.
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26 O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; mourn as for an only son, with bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
- Lam 5:16-172 verses74%
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this, our hearts are faint, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
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7 Look, their valiant ones cry out in the streets; the messengers of peace weep bitterly.
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7 Everyone who sees you will flee from you, saying, 'Nineveh is devastated! Who will mourn for her? Where can I find anyone to comfort you?'
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12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines.
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2 Bitterly she weeps in the night, tears on her cheeks. There is no one to comfort her—all who loved her have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
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4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.
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12 Even now, declares the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
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24 We have heard the report about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
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16 This is what the LORD says: Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded, declares the LORD. They will return from the land of the enemy.
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19 Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away: 'Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?' Why have they provoked me to anger with their idols, with their worthless foreign gods?
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11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but it is nowhere, and for salvation, but it is far from us.
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12 "Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the LORD inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.
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4 The LORD said to him, 'Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and mark a sign on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable things being done within it.'
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21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.
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31 I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, anguish like a woman giving birth to her first child—the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: 'Woe is me! My life is fainting before the killers.'
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9 You drive the women of my people out of their pleasant homes. You take away my splendor from their children forever.
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10 On that day—this is the Lord’s declaration—there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, wailing from the Second District, and a loud crash from the hills.
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5 For at the ascent of Luhith, weeping goes with the steps; as they descend to Horonaim, cries of destruction are heard from the enemy.