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Jeremiah 20:16

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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.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May that man be like the towns

the Lord overthrew without pity.

May he hear wailing in the morning,

a battle cry at noon.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

Let him be destroyed like the cities of old

that the Lord overthrew without mercy.

Terrify him all day long with battle shouts,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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;