Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.
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Referenced Verses
- Jer 15:10 : 10 Jeremiah Complains about His Lot and The Lord Responds I said,“Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt.”
- Job 3:3-9 : 3 “Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said,‘A man has been conceived!’ 4 That day– let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it! 5 Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it! 6 That night– let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months! 7 Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it! 8 Let those who curse the day curse it– those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. 9 Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn, 10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes! 11 Job Wishes He Had Died at Birth“Why did I not die at birth, and why did I not expire as I came out of the womb? 12 Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them? 13 For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace 14 with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate, 15 or with princes who possessed gold, who filled their palaces with silver. 16 Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?
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- Jer 20:15-184 verses85%
15Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him!
16May that man be like the cities that the LORD destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon.
17For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever.
18Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.
- Job 3:1-44 verses81%
1II. Job’s Dialogue With His Friends(3:1-27:33) Job Regrets His Birth After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born.
2Job spoke up and said:
3“Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said,‘A man has been conceived!’
4That day– let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!
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10Jeremiah Complains about His Lot and The Lord Responds I said,“Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt.”
- Job 10:18-203 verses75%
18An Appeal for Relief“Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!
19I should have been as though I had never existed; I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave!
20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
- Job 3:7-115 verses74%
7Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!
8Let those who curse the day curse it– those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
9Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,
10because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!
11Job Wishes He Had Died at Birth“Why did I not die at birth, and why did I not expire as I came out of the womb?
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11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
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16Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?
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17He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.
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16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
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5Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
- Ezek 16:4-52 verses70%
4As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets.
5No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; you were thrown out into the open field because you were detested on the day you were born.
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14I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning.”
- Deut 28:16-194 verses70%
16You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.
17Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed.
18Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
19You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
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1The Brevity of Life“Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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14May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten!
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20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
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21He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
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10I have been dependent on you since birth; from the time I came out of my mother’s womb you have been my God.
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13So his mother told him,“Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!”
- Job 31:29-302 verses69%
29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–
30I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–
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13Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For he rescues the oppressed from the clutches of evildoers.
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8How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the LORD has not denounced?
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14I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.
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14If I cry to corruption,‘You are my father,’ and to the worm,‘My mother,’ or‘My sister,’
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9Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.
- 2 Sam 16:11-122 verses68%
11Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants,“My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the LORD has spoken to him.
12Perhaps the LORD will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”
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22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.
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10Danger awaits one who says to his father,“What in the world are you fathering?” and to his mother,“What in the world are you bringing forth?”
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26I will force you and your mother who gave you birth into exile. You will be exiled to a country where neither of you were born, and you will both die there.
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18Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me.
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12May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children!
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16I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!