Verse 18

Jeremiah 20:18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

18 Why came I out of the womb, to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion?

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

1 Now Phassur the son of Emmur, the priest, who was appointed chief in the house of the Lord, heard Je... Focus ↗

2 And Phassur struck Jeremias the prophet, and put him in the stocks, that were in the upper gate of B... Focus ↗

3 And when it was light the next day, Phassur brought Jeremias out of the stocks. And Jeremias said to... Focus ↗

4 For thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver thee up to fear, thee and all thy friends: and they s... Focus ↗

5 And I will give all the substance of this city, and all its labour, and every precious thing thereof... Focus ↗

6 But thou, Phassur, and all that dwell in thy house, shall go into captivity, and thou shalt go to Ba... Focus ↗

7 Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I am deceived: thou hast been stronger than I, and thou hast prev... Focus ↗

8 For I am speaking now this long time, crying out against iniquity, and I often proclaim devistation:... Focus ↗

9 Then I said: I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: and there came in my he... Focus ↗

10 For I heard the reproaches of many, and terror on every side: Persecute him, and let us persecute hi... Focus ↗

11 But the Lord is with me as a strong warrior: therefore they that persecute me shall fall, and shall... Focus ↗

12 And thou, O Lord of hosts, prover of the just, who seest the reins and the heart: let me see, I bese... Focus ↗

13 Sing ye to the Lord, praise the Lord: because he hath delivered the soul of the poor out of the hand... Focus ↗

14 Cursed be the day wherein I was borne: let not the day in which my mother bore me, be blessed. Focus ↗

15 Cursed be the man that brought the tidings to my father, saying: A man child is born to thee: and ma... Focus ↗

16 Let that man be as the cities that the Lord hath overthrown, and hath not repented: let him hear a c... Focus ↗

17 Who slew me not from the womb, that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb an everlasting... Focus ↗

18 Why came I out of the womb, to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion?

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