Jeremiah 9:1-3

Good News Translation

9 I wish my head were a well of water,
    and my eyes a fountain of tears,
so that I could cry day and night
    for my people who have been killed.
² I wish I had a place to stay in the desert
    where I could get away from my people.
They are all unfaithful,
    a mob of traitors.
³ They are always ready to tell lies;
    dishonesty instead of truth rules the land.

“My people do one evil thing after another
    and do not acknowledge me as their God.”