Jeremiah 20:14-18

14 I would like to curse the day that I was born.

That day was not a happy day,

the day that my mother gave birth to me.

15 That day, a man told my father,

‘Good news! You have a son!’

I would like to curse that man too.

16 May the Lord destroy that man,

as he completely destroyed those cities long ago.

I want that man to hear people who are weeping in the morning.

I want him to hear the noise of battles at noon.

17 He should have killed me before I was born.

I should have died inside my mother.

She would have held me inside her.

That would have been my grave for ever.

18 I should have stayed in that safe place.

In my life, I only receive trouble and pain.

When I die, all I will have is shame.