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Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
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A Heart Broken for Sin
Jeremiah expresses a grief so profound that he wishes his head were a reservoir of tears. Commentators like Charles Spurgeon see this as a model for believers: a deep, godly sorrow for the destructive power of sin and the fate of those who don't mourn for themselves. This isn't just sadness; it's a heart that breaks for what breaks God's heart.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This verse is joined in the Hebrew to the preceding chapter. But any break at all here interrupts the meaning.
A fountain - Rather, “a…
19th Century
Anglican
Oh, that my head were waters ...! —Literally, Who will give my head waters ... ? The f…
Baptist
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!
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16th Century
Protestant
He follows the same subject. During times of tranquility, when nothing but joyful voices were heard among the Jews, he bewails, as one in the great…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears Or, "who will give to …
Jeremiah wept much, yet wished he could weep more, that he might rouse the people to a due sense of the hand of God. But even the desert, without c…
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13th Century
Catholic
First, he speaks of his own compassion regarding …
