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Jeremiah 20:14-16
1599 Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 20:14-16
1599 Geneva Bible
14 ¶ [a]Cursed be the day wherein I was born: and let not the day wherein my mother bare me, be blessed.
15 Cursed be the man that showed my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee, and comforted him.
16 And let that man be as the [b]cities, which the Lord hath overturned and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noon tide,
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- Jeremiah 20:14 How the children of God are overcome in this battle of the flesh and the Spirit, and into what inconveniences they fall till God raise them up again: read Job 3:1 and Jer. 15:10.
- Jeremiah 20:16 Alluding to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Gen. 19:25.
Jeremiah 20:14-16
New International Version
Jeremiah 20:14-16
New International Version
14 Cursed be the day I was born!(A)
May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,
who made him very glad, saying,
“A child is born to you—a son!”
16 May that man be like the towns(B)
the Lord overthrew without pity.
May he hear wailing(C) in the morning,
a battle cry at noon.
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