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11 Therefore (A)my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab,
    and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.

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11 My heart laments for Moab(A) like a harp,(B)
    my inmost being(C) for Kir Hareseth.

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16 (A)I hear, and (B)my body trembles;
    my lips quiver at the sound;
(C)rottenness enters into my bones;
    my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet (D)I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
    to come upon people who invade us.

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16 I heard and my heart pounded,
    my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
    and my legs trembled.(A)
Yet I will wait patiently(B) for the day of calamity
    to come on the nation invading us.

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[a] (A)Oh that my head were waters,
    and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
    for the slain of (B)the daughter of my people!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Hebrew

[a]Oh, that my head were a spring of water
    and my eyes a fountain of tears!(A)
I would weep(B) day and night
    for the slain of my people.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.

Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
    (A)let me weep bitter tears;
do not labour to comfort me
    concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

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Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep(A) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”(B)

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