| G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry - 1974 - 592 pages
...qerah instead of rqb)." Jeremiah's lament uses maqor in the metaphorical sense (Jer. 8:23[9:1]): "O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!" The prophet's profound sympathy... | |
| 1984 - 228 pages
...there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Again, the identity of the speakers... | |
| Elaine Scarry - 1985 - 402 pages
...of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded, 1 mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me. (8:21) O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of ray people! (9:1) Thus says the Lord of hosts:... | |
| Leone Modena - 1988 - 344 pages
...which occurs on the seventh Snnd.iv alter l'aster. "' Isaiah 50:4. «• Adaptation of F./ckicI 39:27. Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep, 21 lament, and curse the day I was born to see toil and anger." Each day is ever more accursed... | |
| Moshe Idel - 1988 - 444 pages
...and mourning," and so on,221 [or] "my soul shall weep in secret,"222 and so on, or as it is written: "Oh, that my head were waters [and my eyes a fountain of tears]"223 — namely, that I long for the act of the lower [entities], as by their weeping below,... | |
| Walter Brueggemann - 1989 - 180 pages
...word of terminal illness, that the partner will die, God is moved like any caring covenant partner: O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! (Jer. 9:1) This response of God,... | |
| Brevard S. Childs - 1988 - 276 pages
...approach of the destroying hordes, but at the same time he is overwhelmed with the effect of his words: O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people ... (9.1). This deep personal involvement... | |
| R. P. Gordon - 1995 - 664 pages
...no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? 8:23 O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that 7 might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people. Scholars are virtually unanimously... | |
| Arthur Kleinman, Veena Das, Margaret M. Lock - 1997 - 436 pages
...there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? 0 that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that 1 might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! —Jeremiah 8:22-9.1 refugees,... | |
| Shawn Madigan - 1997 - 520 pages
...unable to address you, almost incompetent to perform the task. At times I have felt ready to exclaim, "Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night, for the transgressions of the daughters of my people." Truly my heart's desire... | |
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