[a] (A)Oh that my head were waters,
    and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
    for the slain of (B)the daughter of my people!
[b] Oh that I had in the desert
    a travelers' lodging place,
that I might leave my people
    and go away from them!
For they are all (C)adulterers,
    a company of (D)treacherous men.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Hebrew
  2. Jeremiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Hebrew

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