Jeremiah 20:14-18
Lexham English Bible
14 Cursed be the day on which I was born,
let not the day on which my mother gave birth to me be blessed.
15 Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father,
saying,[a] “A child is born to you, a son!”
and he made him very glad.
16 And let that man be like the cities
that Yahweh demolished without regret,
and let him hear a cry for help in the morning,
and an alarm at the time of noon.
17 Because he did not kill me in the womb,
so that my mother would have been for me my grave,
and her womb would be pregnant forever.
18 Why[b] did I come out from the womb,
to see toil, and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?[c]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 20:15 Literally “to say”
- Jeremiah 20:18 Literally “To what this”
- Jeremiah 20:18 Literally “my days will come to an end in shame”
Jeremiah 20:14-18
American Standard Version
14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad. 16 And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and [a]shouting at noontime; 17 because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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- Jeremiah 20:16 Or, an alarm
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