Jeremiah 20
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 20:17-18

17BecauseH834 he did not 1killH4191 me 2beforeH4480 birthH7358, So that my motherH517 would have beenH1961 my graveH6913, And her wombH7358 everH5769 pregnantH2030.18WhyH4100 did I everH2088 comeH3318 forthH3318 from the wombH7358 To 3lookH7200 on troubleH5999 and sorrowH3015, So that my 4daysH3117 have beenH3615 spentH3615 in 5shameH1322?

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 20:17 Job 3:10, 11, 16; 10:18, 19 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 20:17 Lit from the womb ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 20:18 Job 3:20; 5:7; 14:1; Jer 15:10; Lam 3:1 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 20:18 Ps 90:9; 102:3 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 20:18 Ps 69:19; Jer 3:25; 1 Cor 4:9-13 ↩

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