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Jeremiah 20:17 (KJV)

“Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.”

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Jeremiah 20 — surrounding verses

12

But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

13

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

14

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

15

Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

16

And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

17

Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.

18

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

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