Jeremiah 20:15

Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

16May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,

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Cross References

Genesis 21:5Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Luke 1:14He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

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 →

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