"I knew you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart for me before you were born; I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."

"Is Israel a slave, or was he born a servant? Why then has he become plunder?

For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters who are born in this place, about their mothers who give birth to them, and about their fathers who father them in this land:

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.

Cursed is the person who brought the good news to my father, "A baby boy has been born to you," making him very happy.

I'll hurl you and the mother who gave birth to you into another land where you were not born, and there you will die.