Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed be the day whereon I was born: the day on which my mother bore me shall not be blessed.
Leeser Tanakh
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
Cross References
Job 3:3Oh that the day whereon I was born might perish, and the night when it was said, There hath been a male 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 →