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Jeremiah 20:14-18

14Cursedאָר֣וּר'a.RurH779be thedayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117when I wasbornיֻלַּ֖דְתִּיyu.Lad.tiH3205: let not thedayי֛וֹםYomH3117when mymotherאִמִּ֖י'i.MiH517boreיְלָדַ֥תְנִיye.la.Dat.niH3205me beblessedבָרֽוּךְ׃va.RukhH1288.

15Cursedאָר֣וּר'a.RurH779be themanהָאִ֗ישׁha.'IshH376who broughttidingsבִּשַּׂ֤רbi.SarH1319to myfatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Asonבֵּ֣ן זָכָ֑רben za.KharH2145 H1121isbornיֻֽלַּד־yu.lad-H3205to thee; making himveryשַׂמֵּ֖חַsa.Me.achH8055gladשִׂמֳּחָֽהוּ׃si.mo.Cha.huH8055.

16And let thatmanהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376be as thecitiesכֶּֽעָרִ֛יםke.'a.RimH5892which theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068overthrewהָפַ֥ךְha.FakhH2015, andrepentedנִחָ֑םni.ChamH5162not: and let himhearוְשָׁמַ֤עve.sha.Ma'H8085thecryזְעָקָה֙ze.'a.KahH2201in themorningבַּבֹּ֔קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242, and theshoutingוּתְרוּעָ֖הu.te.ru.'AhH8643atnoonבְּעֵ֥ת צָהֳרָֽיִם׃be.'Et tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6256 H6672;

17Because heslewמוֹתְתַ֖נִיmo.Ta.niH4191me not in thewombמֵרָ֑חֶםme.Ra.chemH7358; or that mymotherאִמִּי֙'i.MiH517might have been mygraveקִבְרִ֔יkiv.RiH6913, and herwombוְרַחְמָ֖הֿve.rach.MahH7358to bealwaysעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769greatהֲרַ֥תha.RatH2030with me .

18Why was Ibroughtיָצָ֔אתִיya.Tza.tiH3318out of thewombמֵרֶ֣חֶםme.Re.chemH7358toseeלִרְא֥וֹתlir.'otH7200labourעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999andsorrowוְיָג֑וֹןve.ya.GonH3015, that mydaysיָמָֽי׃ פya.MaiH3117should beconsumedוַיִּכְל֥וּvai.yikh.LuH3615withshameבְּבֹ֖שֶׁתbe.Vo.shetH1322?

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