Nehemiah 2:3

3I said to the king, a“Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, bwhen the city, the place of my fathersgraves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Psalms 137:3-6

3For there our captors
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 cHow shall we sing the Lord’s song
in a foreign land?
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
dlet my right hand forget its skill!
6Let my etongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy!

Jeremiah 4:19

Anguish over Judah’s Desolation

19 fMy 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
hOh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of ithe daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 14:17

17 “You shall say to them this word:
j‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
and let them not cease,
for the virgin kdaughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
lwith a very grievous blow.

Jeremiah 17:16

16I have not run away from being your shepherd,
nor have I desired the day of sickness.
mYou know nwhat came out of my lips;
it was before your face.

Luke 19:41

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 oAnd when he drew near and saw the city, phe wept over it,

Romans 9:1-3

God’s Sovereign Choice

1 qI am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit 2that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3For rI could wish that I myself were saccursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,
Or  brothers and sisters
my kinsmen uaccording to the flesh.
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