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"That I might weep day and night"

Text: Jeremiah 9:1

MIXED EMOTIONS

Jeremiah had very mixed emotions as he thought about his people, the children of Judah. He felt for them deeply, and yet he was also repelled by their sinful ways!

“Oh, 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!
Oh, that I had in the wilderness
A lodging place for travellers;
That I might leave my people,
And go from them!
For they are all adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.”
Jeremiah 9:1-2

1. “Oh, 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!”

a) Jeremiah was deeply saddened for the fate of his people.

b) He knew that many would be slain!

c) His personal feelings were deeply stirred.

i) He wished he could have mourned for the slain.

ii) With tears that would not stop flowing.

iii) A fountain of tears, flowing (weeping) day and night.

2. “Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for travellers; that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.”

a) On the other hand, there was a feeling of revulsion.

b) He wished he could be away from his people.

c) Even if it was just a room in a lodging place (an inn) in the wilderness.

d) Reason:

i) These were immoral people.

ii) They were also treacherous people who could not be trusted.