Jeremiah 20:14-18

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Cursed be the ^(A)day when I was born;
Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!

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Cursed be the man who brought the news
To my father, saying,
“A ^(a)^(B)baby boy has been born to you!”
And made him very happy.

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But let that man be like the cities
Which the Lord ^(C)overthrew without ^(b)relenting,
And let him hear an ^(D)outcry in the morning
And a ^(c)shout of alarm at noon;

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Because he did not ^(E)kill me ^(d)before birth,
So that my mother would have been my grave,
And her womb ever pregnant.

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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:

a. Jeremiah 20:15: ['Lit ', male child]

b. Jeremiah 20:16: ['Lit ', being sorry]

c. Jeremiah 20:16: ['Or ', trumpet blast]

d. Jeremiah 20:17: ['Lit ', from the womb]

Cross references:

A. Jeremiah 20:14: Job 3:3-6; Jeremiah 15:10

B. Jeremiah 20:15: Genesis 21:6; Genesis 21:7

C. Jeremiah 20:16: Genesis 19:25

D. Jeremiah 20:16: Jeremiah 18:22; Jeremiah 48:3; Jeremiah 48:4

E. Jeremiah 20:17: Job 3:10; Job 3:11; Job 3:16; Job 10:18; Job 10:19

F. Jeremiah 20:18: Job 3:20; Job 5:7; Job 14:1; Jeremiah 15:10; Lamentations 3:1

G. Jeremiah 20:18: Psalm 90:9; Psalm 102:3

H. Jeremiah 20:18: Psalm 69:19; Jeremiah 3:25; 1 Corinthians 4:9-13