Jeremiah 20:15

Cursed 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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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

14Cursed is the day on which I was born! The day on which my mother gave birth to me: let it not be blessed!

16Let that man be like the cities that the Lord has overthrown without regret. Let him hear an outcry in the morning, and wailing at the time of midday!

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Cross References

Genesis 21:5when he was one hundred years old. Indeed, at this stage of his father’s life, Isaac was born.

Luke 1:14And there will be joy and exultation for you, and many will rejoice in his nativity.

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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