Legacy Standard Bible

Jeremiah 20:7-10

Jeremiah Curses the Day He Was Born

7O Yahweh, You have enticed me, and I was enticed;You were astronger than I, and You prevailed.I have become a blaughingstock all day long;Everyone cmocks me.8For each time I speak, I cry aloud;I acall out violence and devastationBecause for me the bword of Yahweh has 1resultedIn reproach and derision all day long.9But if I say, “I will not aremember HimOr speak anymore in His name,”Then in bmy heart it becomes like a burning fireShut up in my bones;And I am weary of holding it in,And cI cannot prevail.10For aI have heard the bad report of many,bTerror on every side!cDenounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”1All my dtrusted friends,Keeping watch for my fall, say:Perhaps he will be 2deceived, so that we may eprevail against himAnd take our revenge on him.”