Jeremías 9:1

1 ¡Ojalá mi cabeza fuera un manantial,y mis ojos una fuente de lágrimas,para llorar de día y de nochepor los muertos de mi pueblo!

Jeremías 9:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of
tears
Or, "who will give to my head water, and to mine eyes a fountain of tears?" as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions. The prophet wishes that his head was turned and dissolved into water, and that tears might flow from his eyes as water issues out from a fountain; and he suggests, that could this be, it would not be sufficient to deplore the miserable estate of his people, and to express the inward grief and sorrow of his mind on account of it. That I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my
people;
the design of all this is to set forth the greatness and horribleness of the destruction, signifying that words were wanting to express it, and tears to lament it; and to awaken the attention of the people to it, who were quite hardened, insensible, and stupid. The Jewish writers close the eighth chapter with this verse, and begin the ninth with the following.

Jeremías 9:1 In-Context

1 ¡Ojalá mi cabeza fuera un manantial,y mis ojos una fuente de lágrimas,para llorar de día y de nochepor los muertos de mi pueblo!

2 ¡Ojalá tuviera yo en el desiertouna posada junto al camino!Abandonaría a mi pueblo,y me alejaría de ellos.Porque todos ellos son adúlteros,son una banda de traidores.

3 «Tensan su lengua como un arco;en el país prevalece la mentira, no la verdad,porque van de mal en peor,y a mí no me conocen—afirma el SEÑOR—.

4 Cuídese cada uno de su amigo,no confíe ni siquiera en el hermano,porque todo hermano engaña,y todo amigo difama.

5 Se engañan unos a otros;no se hablan con la verdad.Han enseñado sus lenguas a mentir,y pecan hasta el cansancio.