Jeremiah 20:14
King James VersionSource notes
“Cursed the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.”
Context
11But the LORD with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
12But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
13Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
14Cursed the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
15Cursed the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
16And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
17Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb always great