Jeremiah 20:18
Why is it that I came forth of the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days are spent in shame?
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Genesis 3:16And to the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pains and thy groanings; in pain thou shalt bring forth children, and thy submission + 3:16 Gr. turning.shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Job 3:20For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to the souls which are in griefs?
Job 14:13For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!
Psalms 90:9For thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge.
Isaiah 51:7Hear me, ye that know judgment, the people in whose heart is my law: fear not the reproach of men, and be not overcome by their contempt.
Jeremiah 15:18Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? my wound is severe; whence shall I be healed? it is indeed become to me as deceitful water, that has no faithfulness.
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 →