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Jeremiah 20:17

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15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.Select Jeremiah 20:15

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;Select Jeremiah 20:16

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.Select Jeremiah 20:17

18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?Select Jeremiah 20:18

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WEB

20:17 because he didn’t kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

ASV

20:17 because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

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