9:1 (8:23)
and my eyes were a fountain full of tears!
If they were, I could cry day and night
for those of my dear people
9:10 I said,
“I will weep and mourn
I will sing a mournful song for the pastures in the wilderness
because they are so scorched no one travels through them.
The sound of livestock is no longer heard there.
Even the birds in the sky and the wild animals in the fields
have fled and are gone.”
9:17 The Lord who rules over all
“Take note of what I say.
Call for the women who mourn for the dead!
Summon those who are the most skilled at it!”
9:18 I said, “Indeed,
Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes
and our eyelids overflow with water.
9:19 For the sound of wailing is soon to be heard in Zion.
They will wail,
For our houses have been torn down
and we must leave our land.’”
9:20 I said,
“So now,
Open your ears to the words from his mouth.
Teach your daughters this mournful song,
and each of you teach your neighbor
9:21 ‘Death has climbed in
It has entered into our fortified houses.
It has taken away our children who play in the streets.
It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.’
9:22 Tell your daughters and neighbors, ‘The Lord says,
“The dead bodies of people will lie scattered everywhere
like manure scattered on a field.
They will lie scattered on the ground
like grain that has been cut down but has not been gathered.”’”
13:17 But if you will not pay attention to this warning,
I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride.
I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears
because you, the Lord’s flock,
22:12 At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning,
for shaved heads and sackcloth.
ב (Bet)
1:2 She weeps bitterly at night;
tears stream down her cheeks.
She has no one to comfort her
among all her lovers.
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.
ע (Ayin)
1:16 I weep because of these things;
my eyes
For there is no one in sight who can comfort me
or encourage me.
My children
because an enemy has prevailed.
12:10 “I will pour out on the kingship
5:1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud