Jeremiah 20:14

Cursed is the day on which I was born! The day on which my mother gave birth to me: let it not be blessed!

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In The King James Version

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

In Context

13Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For he has freed the soul of the poor from the hand of the wicked.

15Cursed is the man who announced it to my father, saying, ‘A male child has been born to you,’ causing him to rejoice with gladness.

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Cross References

Job 3:3May the day perish on which I was born, and the night, in which it was said, “A man has been conceived.”

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 20:8-14

The Prophet's Impatient Appeal. ( b. c. 600.) 7 O Lord , thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. 8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing,… Read the whole commentary →

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