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17 Because he did not kill me in the womb,
    so that my mother would have been for me my grave,
    and her womb would be pregnant forever.
18 Why[a] did I come out from the womb,
    to see toil, and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:18 Literally “To what this”
  2. Jeremiah 20:18 Literally “my days will come to an end in shame”