Gen 44:34, Jer 4:19, 9:1, Luk 19:41-42, Rom 9:2-3, 10:1 | ESV | STEP | For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father .

a Isa. 16:11; Hab. 3:16; [ch. 9:1; Isa. 22:4]

cSee ch. 13:17

d[See ch. 8:21 above]

eFor ver. 41-44, [ch. 13:34, 35; 23:28-31]

f[John 11:35; Heb. 5:7]

g[Deut. 32:29]

h[John 12:40]

i[Ex. 32:32]

j 1 Cor. 12:3; 16:22; Gal. 1:8, 9

l[ch. 11:14]

Genesis 44:34

34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father.”

Jeremiah 4:19

Anguish over Judah’s Desolation

19 ^aMy anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.

Jeremiah 9:1

1 ^{▼▼Ch 8:23 in Hebrew} ^cOh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of ^dthe daughter of my people!

Luke 19:41-42

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 ^eAnd when he drew near and saw the city, ^fhe wept over it, 42 saying, ^g“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now ^hthey are hidden from your eyes.

Romans 9:2-3

2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For ⁱI could wish that I myself were ^jaccursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} my kinsmen ^laccording to the flesh.

Romans 10:1

1 Brothers, ^{▼▼Or Brothers and sisters} my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.