Jeremiah 20
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Jeremiah 20:15-17

15CursedH779 be the manH376 whoH834 broughtH1319 the newsH1319 To my fatherH1, sayingH559, “A 12boyH1121H2145 has been bornH3205 to you!” And madeH8055 him veryH8055 happyH8055.16But may that manH376 be like the citiesH5892 WhichH834 the LordH3068 3overthrewH2015 withoutH3808 4relentingH5162, And may he hearH8085 an 5outcryH2201 in the morningH1242 And 6an alarmH8643 forH8643 warH8643 at noonH6672;17BecauseH834 he did not 7killH4191 me 8beforeH4480 birthH7358, So that my motherH517 would have beenH1961 my graveH6913, And her wombH7358 foreverH5769 pregnantH2030.

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 20:15 Lit male child ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 20:15 Gen 21:6, 7 ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 20:16 Gen 19:25 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 20:16 Lit being sorry ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 20:16 Jer 18:22; 48:3, 4 ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 20:16 Or a trumpet blast ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 20:17 Job 3:10, 11, 16; 10:18, 19 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 20:17 Lit from the womb ↩

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