Verse 15

Jeremiah 20:15

New Living Translation

15 I curse the messenger who told my father, “Good news — you have a son!”

Original Language Text

hebrew

אָר֣וּר הָ/אִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר בִּשַּׂ֤ר אֶת אָבִ/י֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר יֻֽלַּד לְ/ךָ֖ בֵּ֣ן זָכָ֑ר שַׂמֵּ֖חַ שִׂמֳּחָֽ/הוּ

English Translation

Cursed is the man who has caused pain to his father by saying, "A son has been born to you, a male, rejoice in your joy."

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Chapter 20 Context

1 Now Pashhur son of Immer, the priest in charge of the Temple of the LORD, heard what Jeremiah was pr... Focus ↗

2 So he arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in stocks at the Benjamin Gate of th... Focus ↗

3 The next day, when Pashhur finally released him, Jeremiah said, “Pashhur, the LORD has changed your... Focus ↗

4 For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will send terror upon you and all your friends, and you will watc... Focus ↗

5 And I will let your enemies plunder Jerusalem. All the famed treasures of the city — the precious je... Focus ↗

6 As for you, Pashhur, you and all your household will go as captives to Babylon. There you will die a... Focus ↗

7 O LORD, you misled me, and I allowed myself to be misled. You are stronger than I am, and y... Focus ↗

8 When I speak, the words burst out. “Violence and destruction!” I shout. So these messages from... Focus ↗

9 But if I say I’ll never mention the LORD or speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like... Focus ↗

10 I have heard the many rumors about me. They call me “The Man Who Lives in Terror.” They threat... Focus ↗

11 But the LORD stands beside me like a great warrior. Before him my persecutors will stumble. Th... Focus ↗

12 O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you test those who are righteous, and you examine the deepest thoug... Focus ↗

13 Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For though I was poor and needy, he rescued me from my o... Focus ↗

14 Yet I curse the day I was born! May no one celebrate the day of my birth. Focus ↗

15 I curse the messenger who told my father, “Good news — you have a son!”

16 Let him be destroyed like the cities of old that the LORD overthrew without mercy. Terrify him... Focus ↗

17 because he did not kill me at birth. Oh, that I had died in my mother’s womb, that her body ha... Focus ↗

18 Why was I ever born? My entire life has been filled with trouble, sorrow, and shame. Focus ↗

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