Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 20 connects to 10 cross-references. After being beaten and put in stocks by Pashhur the priest, Jeremiah delivers his most anguished personal confession: God has deceived him and made him a laughingstock. He curses the day of his birth and wishes he had never been …
Other Translations
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Why <FI>is<Fi> this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!
Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
Cross References
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth …
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it …
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, …
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, …
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, …
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach …