Jeremiah 20:15

A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

In Context

14A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.

16May that man be like the towns overturned by the Lord without mercy: let a cry for help come to his ears in the morning, and the sound of war in the middle of the day;

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Cross References

Genesis 21:5Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.

Luke 1:14And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 20:15-18

The Prophet's Impatient Appeal. ( b. c. 600.) 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 the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; 17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always… Read the whole commentary →

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