Jeremiah 20:16

Jeremiah’s Complaint · Jeremiah 20:7–18
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Translations

Modern
May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,
Traditional
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;
Literal
And let that man be like the cities that YHWH overthrew, and did not relent; and let him hear an outcry in the morning, and a battle cry at noon!
Latin
Sit homo ille ut sunt civitates quæ subvertit Dominus, et non pœnituit eum: audiat clamorem mane, et ululatum in tempore meridiano,

Original

Hebrew
English
May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,

Notes

The ancient cities were likely Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:24–29).

Jeremiah hoped for rescue, but he still faced harsh realities. Surprised by his persecution, he wished he were dead or had never been born (see Jeremiah 16:3–4; Job 3).

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Topics

Jeremiah: The Prophet: His Melancholy and Complaints Against God, in Consequence of Persecution Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Jeremiah Murmuring: Jeremiah