OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 9:1

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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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Verse 1. To. Hebrew is more expressive. Calmet.—“Who will give my head waters, ( Bible.) or change it into water, and my eyes into a fountain.” Calmet.—Prot. “Oh that my head were waters.” Bible.—The miseries of my people are so great, ( Calmet.) a few tears would not suffice to bewail them. Worthington.

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