KJV ORIGINAL
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Cursed be the day I was born! Let the day my mother gave birth to me never be celebrated or considered blessed.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Jeremiah is expressing such deep despair and anguish that he wishes he had never been born at all.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from one of Jeremiah's most anguished moments, likely after being physically beaten and imprisoned by Pashhur the priest for prophesying Jerusalem's destruction. Jeremiah, known as the 'weeping prophet,' often faced rejection, persecution, and threats for delivering God's difficult messages about judgment and exile to a rebellious nation.
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