Jeremiah 20:16
Let that man rejoice as the cities which the Lord overthrew in wrath, and repented not: let him hear crying in the morning, and loud lamentation at noon;
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
15Cursed be the man who brought the glad tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to thee.
Cross References
Genesis 19:25And he overthrew these cities, and all the country round about, and all that dwelt in the cities, and the plants springing out of the ground.
Deuteronomy 29:23brimstone and burning salt, (the whole land shall not be sown, neither shall any green thing spring, nor rise upon it, as Sodom and Gomorrha were overthrown, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord overthrew in his wrath and anger:)—
Jeremiah 18:8and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I repent of the evils which I purposed to do to them.
Jeremiah 26:13The Words which the Lord spoke by Jeremias, concerning the coming of the king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 21:22And I also will clap my hands, and let loose my fury: I the Lord have spoken it.
Hosea 11:8How shall I deal with thee, Ephraim? how shall I protect thee, Israel? what shall I do with thee? I will make thee as Adama, and as Seboim; my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited.
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 →