 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 էջ
...return. — Jer. v. 3. ii. 30. O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night, for the slain of the daughter of my people. — Jer. ix. 1. My soul shall weep in secret places for your pride : and mine eye shall weep sore,... | |
 | Joseph Hervey Hull - 1828 - 84 էջ
...by a note of admiration ; as, " O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night, for the slain of the daughter of my people ! O that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men !" Rhetorical disposition or arrangement,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 268 էջ
...the tents of Kedar !" Psalms. " O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night, for the slain of the daughter of my people ! O that 1 had in the wilderness a lodging-place ot wayfaring men 1" Jeremiah. IRONY. Irony is expressing... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 էջ
...surprise, admiration, grief, &c. As: — O that my head were waters and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! NOTE. When this figure is judiciously employed, it produces a very sensible effect. It imparts, through... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 706 էջ
...walking, thou wilt be the loser ; and for us, we can only say in the words of the prophet, " We will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people * :" but our comfort is in God : for we can do nothing without [him, but in him we can do all things... | |
 | John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 էջ
...be known upon the earth, thy saving health among all nations."* Forbid it, tears of Jeremiah — " Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...night, for the slain of the daughter of my people !'f Forbid it, spirit of Paul — " For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren,... | |
 | 1831 - 456 էջ
...running by sin, he is'ready to say, "O that nay head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!" 4. A Christian is not conformed to the amusements of the world. The very principle on which the men... | |
 | Robert Leighton - 1830 - 500 էջ
...to suspicion. See Jer. ix. 1. Oh, lhat my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people. And xiii. 17 : But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride, and... | |
 | 1839 - 512 էջ
...might well induce one to exclaim, ' O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of this people !' There are, doubtless, among Buch a vast concourse of human beings, numbers who, according... | |
 | William Shewen - 1830 - 154 էջ
...inventions of his own corrupt heart, and the traditions of his fore-fathers; and yet saith, that be might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of his people, Jer. iz. 1, 2. This made Christ to weep over Jerusalem, and Paul to wish himself separate... | |
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Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 
