Jeremia 20:18

18 Warum bin ich doch aus dem Mutterleibe hervorgekommen, um Mühsal und Kummer zu sehen, und daß meine Tage in Schande vergingen? -

Jeremia 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.

Jeremia 20:18 In-Context

16 Und jener Mann werde den Städten gleich, die Jehova umgekehrt hat, ohne sich's gereuen zu lassen; und er höre ein Geschrei am Morgen und Feldgeschrei zur Mittagszeit:

17 weil er mich nicht tötete im Mutterleibe, so daß meine Mutter mir zu meinem Grabe geworden und ihr Leib ewig schwanger geblieben wäre!

18 Warum bin ich doch aus dem Mutterleibe hervorgekommen, um Mühsal und Kummer zu sehen, und daß meine Tage in Schande vergingen? -