Jeremiah 20:14

Cursed [is] the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed!

Young's Literal Translation

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 ye to Jehovah, praise Jehovah, For He hath delivered the soul of the needy From the hand of evil doers.

15Cursed [is] the man who bore tidings [to] my father, saying, 'Born to thee hath been a child — a male,' Making him very glad!

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Cross References

Job 3:3Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: 'A man-child hath been 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 →

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