Jeremiah 20:16
“And let that man be as the cities which the Lord ouerthrew and repented not: and let him heare the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noonetide,”
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Jeremiah 20:16 Context
14¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was borne: let not the day wherein my mother bare mee, be blessed. 15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying: A man child is borne vnto thee, making him very glad. 16And let that man be as the cities which the Lord ouerthrew and repented not: and let him heare the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noonetide, 17Because he slew me not from the wombe: or that my mother might haue beene my graue, and her wombe to be alwaies great with me. 18Wherefore came I forth out of the wombe to see labour and sorrow, that my daies should be consumed with shame?
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Other Translations for Jeremiah 20:16
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;
- King James Version
But let that man be like the cities Which the LORD overthrew without relenting, And let him hear an outcry in the morning And a shout of alarm at noon;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;
- American Standard Version (1901)
May that man be like the towns overturned by the Lord without mercy: let a cry for help come to his ears in the morning, and the sound of war in the middle of the day;
- Basic English Bible
And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and a shouting at noonday,
- Darby Bible
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 noon;
- Webster's Bible
Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn't repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;
- World English Bible
Then hath that man been as the cities, That Jehovah overthrew, and repented not, And he hath heard a cry at morning, And a shout at time of noon.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and an alarm at noontide;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 20:16
20:16 The cities - Sodom and Gomorrah; by the cry in the morning and shouting at noon, he means the shouts and noises that enemies make when they break in upon a place.