Jeremiah 20:14-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴ May the day I was born be cursed!
    May the day I was born to my mother not be blessed!
¹⁵ May the man who brought my father the news be cursed!
    He’s the one who made my father very glad.
    He said, “You have had a baby! It’s a boy!”
¹⁶ May that man be like the towns
    the Lord destroyed without pity.
May that man hear loud weeping in the morning.
    May he hear a battle cry at noon.
¹⁷ He should have killed me in my mother’s body.
    He should have made my mother my grave.
    He should have let her body stay large forever.
¹⁸ Why did I ever come out of my mother’s body?
    I’ve seen nothing but trouble and sorrow.
    My days will end in shame.