Jeremiah 9:1
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 9
“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!”Jeremiah 9:1
What Does Jeremiah 9:1 Mean?
Jeremiah 9:1 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 9, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Lament, and Compassion.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 9:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 119:136“Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.”Romans 12:15“Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.”Jeremiah 13:17“But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.”Isaiah 22:4“Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.”1 Corinthians 13:6“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”Jeremiah 8:21“For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.”Lamentations 2:11“Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.”Ezekiel 12:2“Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.”John 11:35“Jesus wept.”Jeremiah 9:18“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.”Jeremiah 14:17“Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.”Lamentations 2:18“Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.”Luke 19:41“And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,”1 Samuel 7:6“And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.”Jeremiah 4:19“My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.”Lamentations 3:48“Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.”Romans 9:2“That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.”2 Peter 2:7“And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:”1 Samuel 15:11“It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.”1 Samuel 15:35“And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.”
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