91 Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people.

Other Translations of Jeremiah 9:1

King James Version

91 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!

English Standard Version

91 Ch 8:23 in Hebrew Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

The Message

91 I wish my head were a well of water and my eyes fountains of tears So I could weep day and night for casualties among my dear, dear people.

New King James Version

91 Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!

New Living Translation

91 If only my head were a pool of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night for all my people who have been slaughtered.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1

Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1-11

(Read Jeremiah 9:1-11)

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 communion with God, through Christ Jesus, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, must be a place for temptation and evil; while, with these blessings, we may live in holiness in crowded cities. The people accustomed their tongues to lies. So false were they, that a brother could not be trusted. In trading and bargaining they said any thing for their own advantage, though they knew it to be false. But God marked their sin. Where no knowledge of God is, what good can be expected? He has many ways of turning a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of those that dwell therein.