Jeremiah 20:16-18

Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ Now let that one be like the cities
which Adonai overturned, with no relenting—
let him hear a cry in the morning
and a shout of alarm at noon,
¹⁷ since he did not kill me in the womb,
so my mother might have been my grave—
her womb filled forever.
¹⁸ Why did I ever come forth out of the womb
to see trouble and sorrow,
and my days end in shame?