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?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 20:15 Lit male child
- Jeremiah 20:16 Or regret
- Jeremiah 20:16 Or trumpet blast
Jeremiah 20:14-18
International Standard Version
Jeremiah Curses the Day of His Birth
14 Let the day on which I was born be cursed.
Don’t let the day on which my mother gave birth to me be blessed.
15 Cursed is the person who brought
the good news to my father,
“A baby boy has been born to you,”
making him very happy.
16 May that man be like the cities that
the Lord overthrew without compassion.
Let him hear a cry in the morning,
and a battle cry at noon,
17 because he didn’t kill me in the womb,
so that my mother would have been my grave
and her womb forever pregnant.
18 Why did I ever come out of the womb
to see trouble and sorrow,
and to finish my life living in shame?
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