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Jeremiah 9:18

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9:18I said, “Indeed,48 let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us.

Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes

and our eyelids overflow with water.

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Footnotes

  1. 48 The words “And I said, ‘Indeed” are not in the text. They have been supplied in the translation to try and help clarify who the speaker is who identifies with the lament of the people.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

let them make haste and raise a wailing over us,

that our eyes may run down with tears

and our eyelids flow with water.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Let them come quickly

and wail over us

till our eyes overflow with tears

and water streams from our eyelids.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let them come quickly to raise a lament over us

so that our eyes may overflow with tears,

our eyelids be soaked with weeping.

NLTNew Living Translation

Quick! Begin your weeping!

Let the tears flow from your eyes.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And let them hasten,

and let them lift up wailing over us,

so that our eyes may melt with tears,

and our eyelids may flow with water.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.