Jeremiah 20:16-18

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁶ But let that man be like the cities
Which the Lord ^(A)overthrew without ^[a]relenting,
And let him hear an ^(B)outcry in the morning
And a ^[b]shout of alarm at noon;
¹⁷ Because he did not ^(C)kill me ^[c]before birth,
So that my mother would have been my grave,
And her womb ever pregnant.
¹⁸ Why did I ever come forth from the womb
To ^(D)look on trouble and sorrow,
So that my ^(E)days have been spent in ^(F)shame?