Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Jeremiah 20:14-18 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

14. Put a curse on the day I was born!Don't bless my mother.

15. Put a curse on the manwho told my father, “Good news!You have a son.”

16. May that man be like the townsyou destroyed without pity.Let him hear shouts of alarmin the morningand battle cries at midday.

17. He deserves to diefor not killing mebefore I was born.Then my mother's bodywould have been my grave.

18. Why did I have to be born?Was it just to sufferand die in shame?