Jeremiah 20

11  But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one `and' a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

12  But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

13  Sing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.

14  Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

15  Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

16  And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

17  Because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

18  Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?


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