You have given them tears as food; ¹  you have made them drink tears by the measure. ² 

Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest. ¹ 

My intercessor is my friend ¹  as my eyes pour out ²  tears to God;

As I remember your tears, I long to see you, ¹  so that I may be filled with joy.

Yes, ¹  Lord, ²  you rescued my life from death, and kept my feet from stumbling.

I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; ¹  my tears saturate the cushion beneath me. ² 

I cannot eat, I weep day and night; ¹  all day long they say to me, ²  “Where is your God?”

Every wise woman ¹  builds ²  her household, ³  but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

For I eat ashes as if they were bread, ¹  and mix my drink with my tears, ² 

Tears stream down from my eyes, ¹  because people ²  do not keep your law.

I said, “Indeed, ¹  let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water.

If ¹  he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape. ² 

Streams ¹  of tears flow from my eyes ²  because my people ³  are destroyed. ⁴ 

צ (Tsade) Cry out ¹  from your heart ²  to the Lord, ³  O wall of Daughter Zion! ⁴  Make your tears flow like a river all day and all night long! ⁵  Do not rest; do not let your tears ⁶  stop!

You keep track of my misery. ¹  Put my tears in your leather container! ²  Are they not recorded in your scroll? ³ 

serving the Lord with all humility ¹  and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots ²  of the Jews.

Therefore be alert, ¹  remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning ²  each one of you with tears.

So I weep along with Jazer ¹  over the vines of Sibmah. I will saturate you ²  with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh, for the conquering invaders shout triumphantly over your fruit and crops. ³ 

But if you will not pay attention to this warning, ¹  I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears ²  because you, the Lord’s flock, ³  will be carried ⁴  into exile.”

“Tell these people this, Jeremiah: ¹  ‘My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. ²  For my people, my dear children, ³  have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound. ⁴