Jeremiah 9:18

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.

Let them come quickly and wail over us till our eyes overflow with tears and water streams from our eyelids.

"Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.

Quick! Begin your weeping! Let the tears flow from your eyes.

Tell them to hurry--to help us express our loss and lament, Help us get our tears flowing, make tearful music of our crying.

Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they are streaming with water.

let them quickly raise a dirge over us, so that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids flow with water.

Let them make haste And take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may run with tears, And our eyelids gush with water.

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.

¹ tn The words “And I said, ‘Indeed” are not in the text. They have been supplied in the translation to try and help clarify who the speaker is who identifies with the lament of the people.