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I wish my head were a spring of water
and my eyes a fountain of tears.
Then I would weep day and night
    for the fallen of my people.[a]
I wish there was a lodging place for travelers
in the wilderness.
Then I would leave my people
and get away from them.
They are all adulterers,
a society of traitors.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 English 9:1 is Hebrew 8:23. The other English verse numbers in chapter 9 are one number higher than the Hebrew verse numbers.