Jeremías 20:18

18 ¿Por qué habré nacido?
Mi vida entera se ha llenado
de dificultades, de dolor y de vergüenza.

Jeremías 20:18 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 20:18

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and
sorrow
"Labour" in performing his work and office as a prophet; and "sorrow" in suffering reproach, contempt, and persecution for it; which to avoid, he wishes he had never been born: a sign of a very fretful and impatient spirit, and of a carnal frame. Jarchi thinks this refers to the destruction of the temple; that my days should be consumed with shame?
through the bad usage of him, the reproach that was cast upon him, and the contempt he was had in for prophesying in the name of the Lord. All this shows that there is sin in the best of men, and what they are when left to themselves; how weak, foolish, and sinful they appear. And Jeremiah recording these his sins and failings, is an argument of the uprightness and sincerity of the man, and of the truth of Scripture.

Jeremías 20:18 In-Context

16 Que lo destruyan como a las ciudades de la antigüedad
que el Señor
derribó sin misericordia.
Asústenlo todo el día con gritos de batalla,

17 porque no me mató al nacer.
¡Oh, si tan solo hubiera muerto en el vientre de mi madre,
si su cuerpo hubiera sido mi tumba!

18 ¿Por qué habré nacido?
Mi vida entera se ha llenado
de dificultades, de dolor y de vergüenza.