Verse 18
Jeremiah 20:18
Bible in Basic English
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Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ֤/מָּה זֶּה֙ מֵ/רֶ֣חֶם יָצָ֔אתִי לִ/רְא֥וֹת עָמָ֖ל וְ/יָג֑וֹן וַ/יִּכְל֥וּ בְּ/בֹ֖שֶׁת יָמָֽ/י
English Translation
Why was I born from the womb to see toil and anguish, and to spend my days in shame?
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Chapter 20 Context
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Now it came to the ears of Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief in authority in the h...
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And Pashhur gave blows to Jeremiah and had his feet chained in a framework of wood in the higher doo...
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Then on the day after, Pashhur let Jeremiah loose. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has given you...
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For the Lord has said, See, I will make you a cause of fear to yourself and to all your friends: the...
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And more than this, I will give all the wealth of this town and all its profits and all its things o...
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And you, Pashhur, and all who are in your house, will go away prisoners: you will come to Babylon, a...
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O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me:...
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For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: beca...
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And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my...
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For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, l...
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11
But the Lord is with me as a great one, greatly to be feared: so my attackers will have a fall, and...
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12
But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your pu...
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13
Make melody to the Lord, give praise to the Lord: for he has made the soul of the poor man free from...
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14
A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.
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15
A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very gl...
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May that man be like the towns overturned by the Lord without mercy: let a cry for help come to his...
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Because he did not put me to death before my birth took place: so my mother's body would have been m...
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Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with sh...