Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 9:1 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 1. 1Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
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Role in This Section
The prophetic or communal lament states or reports “Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day…” at Jeremiah 9:1 as a specific part of “The Weeping Prophet Longs to Escape Deceit.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 9:1–6
Begin with Jeremiah 9:1–6's complete movement: Tears, desired refuge, adultery, lies, neighborly betrayal, and refusal to know God create a lament over an unsafe community. At verse 9:1, The prophetic or communal lament states or reports “Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day…” at Jeremiah 9:1 as a specific part of “The Weeping Prophet Longs to Escape Deceit.”
Why It Needs Context
The prophetic or communal lament states or reports “Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day…” at Jeremiah 9:1 as a specific part of “The Weeping Prophet Longs to Escape Deceit.” Because nearby lines develop or qualify it, Jeremiah 9:1–6 supplies the minimum responsible context.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 9:1–6 — The Weeping Prophet Longs to Escape DeceitSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 9:1–6, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 9:1–6
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