Jeremiah 20:18

Wherefore was it—That from the womb, I came forth, to see labour and pain; and That in shame should my days be consumed!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

In Context

17Because I was not slain from the womb,—Nor did my mother become my grave, Nor was her womb great for ever!

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Cross References

Genesis 3:16Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou bear children,—Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy longing, Though, he, rule over thee.

Job 3:20Wherefore give, to the wretched, light? Or, life, to the embittered in soul?—

Job 14:13Oh that, in hades, thou wouldst hide me! that thou wouldst keep me secret, until the turn of thine anger, that thou wouldst set for me a fixed time, and remember me:

Psalms 90:9For, all our days, decline in thy wrath,—We end our years like a sigh.

Isaiah 51:7Hearken unto me ye who discern righteousness, The people in whose heart is my law,—Do not fear the reproach of frail men, Nor at their revilings, be dismayed;

Jeremiah 15:18Wherefore hath my pain become perpetual? And my wound, incurable? Refuseth to be healed? Wilt thou, indeed be, to me [As a brook] that disappointeth, Waters that cannot be trusted?

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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