Jeremiah 20:15

Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, “A boy is born to you,” making him very glad.

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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 is the day in which I was born. Don’t let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.

16Let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and didn’t repent. Let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime,

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Cross References

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

Luke 1:14You will have joy and gladness, 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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