Yeremia 9:1

9:1 (8:23) ¹  I wish that my head were a well full of water ² 

and my eyes were a fountain full of tears!

If they were, I could cry day and night

for those of my dear people ³  who have been killed.

Yeremia 31:16

31:16 The Lord says to her, ⁴ 

“Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears! ⁵ 

For your heartfelt repentance ⁶  will be rewarded.

Your children will return from the land of the enemy.

I, the Lord, affirm it! ⁷ 

Yeremia 41:6

41:6 Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them. He was pretending to cry ⁸  as he walked along. When he met them, he said to them, “Come with me to meet Gedaliah son of Ahikam.” ⁹ 

[9:1]  ¹ sn Beginning with 9:1, the verse numbers through 9:26 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 9:1 ET = 8:23 HT, 9:2 ET = 9:1 HT, 9:3 ET = 9:2 HT, etc., through 9:26 ET = 9:25 HT. Beginning with 10:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[9:1]  ² tn Heb “I wish that my head were water.”

[9:1]  ³ tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.

[31:16]  ⁴ tn The words “to her” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[31:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “Refrain your voice from crying and your eyes from tears.”

[31:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “your work.” Contextually her “work” refers to her weeping and refusing to be comforted, that is, signs of genuine repentance (v. 15).

[31:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[41:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “he was weeping/crying.” The translation is intended to better reflect the situation.

[41:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.” The words that are supplied in the translation are implicit to the situation and are added for clarity.