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Jeremiah 20:17 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 20 · verse 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.Jeremiah 20:17 · King James Version
Jeremiah 20:17 in context
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;
17Because 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.
18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
- alwaysʻôwlâmproperly, concealedH5769 →
- graveqebera sepulchreH6913 →
- slewmûwthto dieH4191 →
- wombrechemthe wombH7358 →
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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