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Jeremiah 20:14

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¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
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  1. Jeremiah 15:10Rank 1 from verse 14
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    10¶ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

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    3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

    4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

    5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

    6As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

    7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

    8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

    9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

    10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

    11Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

    12Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

    13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

    14With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

    15Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

    16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

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Jeremiah 20:14

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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bare

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1. As the past tense of bear, brought forth or gave birth to offspring; also produced fruit or other increase. 2. Carried, conveyed, supported, lifted, or sustained a person, object, or load. 3. Bore, endured, or took upon oneself a loss, infirmity, sin, or other burden. 4. Gave witness or record; testified. 5. Exercised rule or authority. 6. As an adjective, uncovered, naked, exposed, stripped, or without covering.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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blessed

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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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13Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

14¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

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15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

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