I am worn out calling for help;(A)
    my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,(B)
    looking for my God.

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[a]Oh, that my head were a spring of water
    and my eyes a fountain of tears!(A)
I would weep(B) day and night
    for the slain of my people.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.

17 “Speak this word to them:

“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears(A)
    night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin(B) Daughter, my people,
    has suffered a grievous wound,
    a crushing blow.(C)

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48 Streams of tears(A) flow from my eyes(B)
    because my people are destroyed.(C)

49 My eyes will flow unceasingly,
    without relief,(D)

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