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Jeremiah 20:14 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 20 · verse 14
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.Jeremiah 20:14 · King James Version
Jeremiah 20:14 in context
12But, 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.
13Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
16And 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;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Cursedʼârarto execrateH779 →
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
- bornyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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What is the meaning of this? Does there proceed out of the same mouth blessing and cursing? Could he that said so cheerfully (Jer 20:13), Sing unto the Lord, praise you the Lord, say so passionately (Jer 20:14), Cursed be the day wherein I was born? How shall we reconcile these? What we have in these verses the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-18