Rivers of water run down from my eyes, Because [men] do not keep Your law.

I see the treacherous, and am disgusted, Because they do not keep Your word.

So when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down astonished.

"should we again break Your commandments, and join in marriage with the people [committing] these abominations? Would You not be angry with us until You had consumed [us,] so that [there would be] no remnant or survivor?

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and [when] he came there, he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned because of the guilt of those from the captivity.

But if you will not hear it, My soul will weep in secret for [your] pride; My eyes will weep bitterly And run down with tears, Because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for a time, and his thoughts troubled him. [So] the king spoke, and said, "Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation trouble you." Belteshazzar answered and said, "My lord, [may] the dream concern those who hate you, and its interpretation concern your enemies!

When I heard, my body trembled; My lips quivered at [the] voice; Rottenness entered my bones; And I trembled in myself, That I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, He will invade them with his troops.

Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,

saying, "If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things [that make] for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,

lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.

For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ: