Verse 17

Lament over Present Destruction and Threat of More to Come“Tell these people this, Jeremiah:‘My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 8:21 : 21 My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed. I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay.
  • Jer 9:1 : 1 (8:23) I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
  • Jer 13:17 : 17 But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly, and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the LORD’s flock, will be carried into exile.”
  • Lam 1:15-16 : 15 ס(Samek) He rounded up all my mighty ones; The Lord did this in my midst. He summoned an assembly against me to shatter my young men. The Lord has stomped like grapes the virgin daughter, Judah. 16 ע(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.
  • Lam 2:13 : 13 מ(Mem) With what can I equate you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?
  • Lam 2:18 : 18 צ(Tsade) Cry out from your heart to the Lord, O wall of Daughter Zion! Make your tears flow like a river all day and all night long! Do not rest; do not let your tears stop!
  • Mic 6:13 : 13 I will strike you brutally and destroy you because of your sin.
  • Jer 10:19 : 19 And I cried out,“We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought,‘This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!’
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.
  • Isa 37:22 : 22 this is what the LORD says about him:“The virgin daughter Zion despises you– she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.
  • Jer 8:18 : 18 Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!
  • Ps 39:10 : 10 Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!
  • Ps 80:4-5 : 4 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you? 5 You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.
  • Jer 30:14-15 : 14 All your allies have abandoned you. They no longer have any concern for you. For I have attacked you like an enemy would. I have chastened you cruelly. For your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much. 15 Why do you complain about your injuries, that your pain is incurable? I have done all this to you because your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much.
  • Lam 3:48-49 : 48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. 49 ע(Ayin) Tears flow from my eyes and will not stop; there will be no break
  • Amos 5:2 : 2 “The virgin Israel has fallen down and will not get up again. She is abandoned on her own land with no one to help her get up.”