For this is what the Lord says concerning sons and daughters born in this place as well as concerning the mothers who bear them and the fathers who father them in this land:

May the day I was born
be cursed.
May the day my mother bore me
never be blessed.

I chose you before I formed you in the womb;
I set you apart before you were born.
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.

Is Israel a slave?
Was he born into slavery?
Why else has he become a prey?

May the man be cursed
who brought the news to my father, saying,
“A male child is born to you,”
bringing him great joy.

I will hurl you and the mother who gave birth to you into another land, where neither of you were born, and there you will both die.