Jeremiah 20:14–16

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.

14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born:

Let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying,

A man child is born unto thee;

Making him very glad.

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;

14 Yet I curse the day I was born!

May no one celebrate the day of my birth.

15 I curse the messenger who told my father,

“Good news—you have a son!”

16 Let him be destroyed like the cities of old

that the Lord overthrew without mercy.

Terrify him all day long with battle shouts,

14 Cursed be the day in which I was born!

Let the day not be blessed in which my mother bore me!

15 Let the man be cursed

Who brought news to my father, saying,

“A male child has been born to you!”

Making him very glad.

16 And let that man be like the cities

Which the Lord—overthrew, and did not relent;

Let him hear the cry in the morning

And the shouting at noon,

14 Let there be a curse on the day I was born;

let there be no blessing on the day when my mother gave birth to me.

15 Let there be a curse on the man

who brought my father the news:

“You have a son!”

This made my father very glad.

16 Let that man be like the towns

the Lord destroyed without pity.

Let him hear loud crying in the morning

and battle cries at noon,

14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad. 16 And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed! 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad! 16 And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and a shouting at noonday,

14 Cursed is the day that I was born, 

the day that my mother gave birth to me. 

May it not be blessed. 

15 Cursed is the man who made my father very happy with the news 

that he had just become the father of a baby boy. 

16 May that man be like the cities 

that the Lord destroyed without pity. 

May he hear a cry of alarm in the morning 

and a battle cry at noon. 

14 May the day I was born

be cursed.

May the day my mother bore me

never be blessed.

15 May the man be cursed

who brought the news to my father, saying,

“A male child is born to you,”

bringing him great joy.

16 Let that man be like the cities

the Lord demolished without compassion.

Let him hear an outcry in the morning

and a war cry at noontime

14 Cursed be the day

on which I was born!

The day when my mother bore me,

let it not be blessed!

15 Cursed be the man

who brought the news to my father, saying,

“A child is born to you, a son,”

making him very glad.

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,

14 Cursed be the day on which I was born,

let not the day on which my mother gave birth to me be blessed.

15 Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father,

saying, “A child is born to you, a son!”

and he made him very glad.

16 And let that man be like the cities

that Yahweh demolished without regret,

and let him hear a cry for help in the morning,

and an alarm at the time of noon.

14 May the day I was born be under a curse!

May the day I was born to my mother not be blessed!

15 May the man who brought my father the news be under a curse!

He’s the one who made my father very glad.

He said, “You have had a baby! It’s a boy!”

16 May that man be like the towns

the Lord destroyed without pity.

May that man hear loud sobs in the morning.

May he hear a battle cry at noon.

14 Cursed be the day when I was born;

Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!

15 Cursed be the man who brought the news

To my father, saying,

“A baby boy has been born to you!”

And made him very happy.

16 But let that man be like the cities

Which the Lord overthrew without relenting,

And let him hear an outcry in the morning

And a shout of alarm at noon;