Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.
Majority Standard Bible
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 to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.
Cross References
Job 3:3“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is 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 →