Jeremiah 20
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 20:14-16

14Cursed be the 1day when I was born; Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!15Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying, “A 23baby boy has been born to you!” And made him very happy.16But let that man be like the cities Which the Lord 4overthrew without 5relenting, And let him hear an 6outcry in the morning And a 7shout of alarm at noon;

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 20:14 Job 3:3-6; Jer 15:10 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 20:15 Lit male child ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 20:15 Gen 21:6, 7 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 20:16 Gen 19:25 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 20:16 Lit being sorry ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 20:16 Jer 18:22; 48:3, 4 ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 20:16 Or trumpet blast ↩

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