Jeremiah 20:14-18

14I would like to curse the day that I was born. That day was not a happy day, the day that my mother gave birth to me.

15That day, a man told my father, ‘Good news! You have a son!’ I would like to curse that man too.

16May the Lord destroy that man, as he completely destroyed those cities long ago. I want that man to hear people who are weeping in the morning. I want him to hear the noise of battles at noon.

17He should have killed me before I was born. I should have died inside my mother. She would have held me inside her. That would have been my grave for ever.

18I should have stayed in that safe place. In my life, I only receive trouble and pain. When I die, all I will have is shame.