Jeremiah 20:16 · KJV
“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;”
— Jeremiah 20:16
Cursed {be} the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb {to be} always great {with me}.
Jeremiah 20 — Context
Cursed {be} the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
15Cursed {be} the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
16And 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;
17Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb {to be} always great {with me}.
18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Cross References
Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Jeremiah 48:3-4
A voice of crying {shall be} from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Deuteronomy 29:23
{And that} the whole land thereof {is} brimstone, and salt, {and} burning, {that} it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Jeremiah 18:8
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Jonah 3:9-10
Who can tell {if} God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Luke 17:29
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed {them} all.
Jeremiah 26:13
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
Hosea 11:8
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? {how} shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? {how} shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.