Jeremiah 20:17

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

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

Jeremiah 20:17 — American Standard Version

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Context — Jeremiah 20

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

15Cursed be 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 Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

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

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

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