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[a] If only my head were a spring of water,
    and my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
    for the wounds of my people.
[b] If only I could flee for shelter in the desert,
    to leave my people
        and forget them—
    for they are all adulterers,
        a bunch of crooks.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 8:23 in Heb
  2. Jeremiah 9:2 9:1 in Heb

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