Jeremiah 9:1

My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your law.

Therefore I say, “Turn your gaze away from me, Let me weep bitterly, Do not insist on comforting me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me; I cannot be silent Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The shout of war.

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn, desolation has taken hold of me.

“Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.

But if you will not listen to it, My soul will cry in secret for such pride; And my eyes will bitterly weep And flow down with tears Because the flock of Yahweh has been taken captive.

“And you will say this word to them, ‘Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day, And let them not cease, For the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered with a mighty shattering, With a sorely sick wound.

Their heart cried out to the Lord, “O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let your tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief; Let your eyes not be still.

My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.