Verse 16
Jeremiah 20:16
World English Bible
16
Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew,
and didn’t repent.
Let him hear a cry in the morning,
and shouting at noontime;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָה֙ הָ/אִ֣ישׁ הַ/ה֔וּא כֶּֽ/עָרִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר הָפַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה וְ/לֹ֣א נִחָ֑ם וְ/שָׁמַ֤ע זְעָקָה֙ בַּ/בֹּ֔קֶר וּ/תְרוּעָ֖ה בְּ/עֵ֥ת צָהֳרָֽיִם
English Translation
And it shall be that the man, he who is like the cities which the Lord overturned, and he did not relent, and he heard a cry in the morning and a shout at noon.
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Chapter 20 Context
1
Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in Yahweh’s house, heard Jeremiah pr...
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2
Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of B...
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3
On the next day, Pashhur released Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “Yahweh has...
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4
For Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fa...
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5
Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and all its precious things, ye...
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6
You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house will go into captivity. You will come to Babylon, and...
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7
Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded.
You are stronger than I, and have prevailed.
I h...
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8
For as often as I speak, I cry out;
I cry, “Violence and destruction!”
because Yahweh’s word has bee...
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9
If I say, I will not make mention of him,
or speak any more in his name,
then there is in my heart a...
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10
For I have heard the defaming of many,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce, and we will denounce him!”
s...
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11
But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one.
Therefore my persecutors will stumble,
and they won’...
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12
But, Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous,
who sees the heart and the mind,
let me see your ven...
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13
Sing to Yahweh!
Praise Yahweh,
for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers...
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14
Cursed is the day in which I was born.
Don’t let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
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15
Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying,
“A boy is born to you,” making him very gla...
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16
Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew,
and didn’t repent.
Let him hear a cry in the m...
17
because he didn’t kill me from the womb.
So my mother would have been my grave,
and her womb always...
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18
Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow,
that my days should be consumed with shame?
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