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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 — KJV
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Jeremiah 9:1
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Commentary
Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1
Theological / DevotionalOh that my head. Logically this verse belongs to ch. 8 and is so placed in the Hebrew Bible. The language here has been appropriately called the poetry of suffering (see Isa. 22:4; Lam. 2:11; 3:48). The hopeless misery of Judah touched the prophet deeply, and he wept bitterly. This verse is doubtless the source of the designation of Jeremiah as the “weeping prophet.” The depth of his feelings and the tenderness of his words remind us of Christ, who wept for the sins and the fate of His doomed people six centuries later (see Luke 19:41–44).
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