Jeremiah 20:14-18

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁴ Cursed be the ^(A)day when I was born;
Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!
¹⁵ Cursed be the man who brought the news
To my father, saying,
“A ^[a](B)baby boy has been born to you!”
And made him very happy.
¹⁶ But let that man be like the cities
Which the Lord ^(C)overthrew without ^[b]relenting,
And let him hear an ^(D)outcry in the morning
And a ^[c]shout of alarm at noon;
¹⁷ Because he did not ^(E)kill me ^[d]before birth,
So that my mother would have been my grave,
And her womb ever pregnant.
¹⁸ Why did I ever come forth from the womb
To ^(F)look on trouble and sorrow,
So that my ^(G)days have been spent in ^(H)shame?