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Jeremiah 20:14-18

14Cursedאָר֣וּר'a.RurH779bethe dayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117wherein I was bornיֻלַּ֖דְתִּיyu.Lad.tiH3205:let not the dayי֛וֹםYomH3117wherein my motherאִמִּ֖י'i.MiH517bareיְלָדַ֥תְנִיye.la.Dat.niH3205me be blessedבָרֽוּךְ׃va.RukhH1288.

15Cursedאָר֣וּר'a.RurH779bethe manהָאִ֗ישׁha.'IshH376who brought tidingsבִּשַּׂ֤רbi.SarH1319to my fatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,A manזָכָ֑רza.KharH2145childבֵּ֣ןbenH1121is bornיֻֽלַּד־yu.lad-H3205unto thee; making him veryשַׂמֵּ֖חַsa.Me.achH8055gladשִׂמֳּחָֽהוּ׃si.mo.Cha.huH8055.

16And let that manהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376be as the citiesכֶּֽעָרִ֛יםke.'a.RimH5892which the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068overthrewהָפַ֥ךְha.FakhH2015,and repentedנִחָ֑םni.ChamH5162not: and let him hearוְשָׁמַ֤עve.sha.Ma'H8085the cryזְעָקָה֙ze.'a.KahH2201in the morningבַּבֹּ֔קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242,and the shoutingוּתְרוּעָ֖הu.te.ru.'AhH8643at noontideבְּעֵ֥ת צָהֳרָֽיִם׃be.'Et tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672 H6256;

17Because he slewמוֹתְתַ֖נִיmo.Ta.niH4191me not from the wombמֵרָ֑חֶםme.Ra.chemH7358;or that my motherאִמִּי֙'i.MiH517might have been my graveקִבְרִ֔יkiv.RiH6913,and her wombוְרַחְמָ֖הֿve.rach.MahH7358to bealwaysעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769greatהֲרַ֥תha.RatH2030with me.

18Wherefore came I forthיָצָ֔אתִיya.Tza.tiH3318out of the wombמֵרֶ֣חֶםme.Re.chemH7358to seeלִרְא֥וֹתlir.'otH7200labourעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999and sorrowוְיָג֑וֹןve.ya.GonH3015,that my daysיָמָֽי׃ פya.MaiH3117should be consumedוַיִּכְל֥וּvai.yikh.LuH3615with shameבְּבֹ֖שֶׁתbe.Vo.shetH1322?

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