Verse 18

Jeremiah 20:18

King James Version

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

1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard... Focus ↗

2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benj... Focus ↗

3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said J... Focus ↗

4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and t... Focus ↗

5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the prec... Focus ↗

6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to... Focus ↗

7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I a... Focus ↗

8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a... Focus ↗

9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in min... Focus ↗

10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All m... Focus ↗

11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they s... Focus ↗

12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy v... Focus ↗

13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of... Focus ↗

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

15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making hi... Focus ↗

16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the c... Focus ↗

17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be... Focus ↗

18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed wit...

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