Jeremiah 20:14

Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!

Darby Translation

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 ye unto Jehovah, praise Jehovah, for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!

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Cross References

Job 3:3Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child 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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