Jeremiah 20:16

American Standard Version

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;

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Jeremiah 20:16 in other translations

Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew,
and didn’t repent.
Let him hear a cry in the morning,
and shouting at noontime;

Jeremiah 20:16 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 20:16 in context

  1. 14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
  2. 15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
  3. 16And 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;
  4. 17because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
  5. 18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?