Jeremiah 20:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶ May that man be like the towns
    the Lord destroyed without pity.
May that man hear loud weeping in the morning.
    May he hear a battle cry at noon.
¹⁷ He should have killed me in my mother’s body.
    He should have made my mother my grave.
    He should have let her body stay large forever.
¹⁸ Why did I ever come out of my mother’s body?
    I’ve seen nothing but trouble and sorrow.
    My days will end in shame.