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Jeremiah 20:16
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Jeremiah 20:16
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May that man be like the towns the LORD overthrew without pity. May he hear wailing in the morning, a battle cry at noon.
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Jeremiah 20:16 in Other Translations
KJV
16
And 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;
ESV
16
Let that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without pity; let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at noon,
NLT
16
Let him be destroyed like the cities of old that the LORD overthrew without mercy. Terrify him all day long with battle shouts,
MSG
16
Let that birth notice be blacked out, deleted from the records, And the man who brought it haunted to his death with the bad news he brought.
CSB
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Let that man be like the cities the Lord overthrew without compassion. Let him hear an outcry in the morning and a war cry at noontime
Jeremiah 20:16 In-Context
14
Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15
Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, who made him very glad, saying, “A child is born to you—a son!”
16
May that man be like the towns the LORD overthrew without pity. May he hear wailing in the morning, a battle cry at noon.
17
For he did not kill me in the womb, with my mother as my grave, her womb enlarged forever.
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Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?
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Genesis 19:25
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Jeremiah 6:26
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