Jeremiah 9:1
1[Heb. 8:23] ▼▼ 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.
I wish that my head were a well full of water ▼▼ Heb “I wish that my head were water.”
and my eyes were a fountain full of tears!
If they were, I could cry day and night
for those of my dear people ▼▼ Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see
4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.
who have been killed.