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Jeremiah 20:16-18 English Standard Version (ESV)

16. Let that man be like the citiesthat the Lord overthrew without pity; let him hear a cry in the morningand an alarm at noon,

17. because he did not kill me in the womb;so my mother would have been my grave,and her womb forever great.

18. Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow,and spend my days in shame?

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