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Jeremiah 20:14-18
Legacy Standard Bible

14 Cursed be the (A)day when I was born;
Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!
15 Cursed be the man who brought the good news
To my father, saying,
“A [a](B)baby boy has been born to you!”
And made him very glad.
16 But let that man be like the cities
Which Yahweh (C)overthrew without [b]relenting,
And let him hear an (D)outcry in the morning
And a [c]shout of war at noon,
17 Because he did not (E)put me to death from the womb,
So that my mother would have been my grave,
And her womb ever pregnant.
18 Why did I ever come forth from the womb
To (F)look on trouble and sorrow,
So that my (G)days have been spent in (H)shame?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:15 Lit male child
  2. Jeremiah 20:16 Or regret
  3. Jeremiah 20:16 Or trumpet blast
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Jeremiah 20:14-18
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14 (A)Cursed be the day
    on which I was born!
The day when my mother bore me,
    let it not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father,
“A son is born to you,”
    (B)making him very glad.
16 Let that man be like (C)the cities
    that the Lord overthrew without pity;
(D)let him hear a cry in the morning
    and an alarm at noon,
17 (E)because he did not kill me in the womb;
    so my mother would have been my grave,
    and her womb forever great.
18 (F)Why did I come out from the womb
    (G)to see toil and sorrow,
    and spend my days in shame?

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