Jeremiah 20:15

20:15 Cursed be the man

who made my father very glad

when he brought him the news

that a baby boy had been born to him! ¹ 

Jeremiah 49:33

49:33 “Hazor will become a permanent wasteland,

a place where only jackals live. ² 

No one will live there.

No human being will settle in it.” ³ 

[20:15]  ¹ tn Heb “Cursed be the man who brought my father the news saying, ‘A son, a male, has been born to you,’ making glad his joy.” This verse has been restructured for English stylistic purposes.

[49:33]  ² sn Compare Jer 9:11.

[49:33]  ³ sn Compare Jer 49:18 and 50:40 where the same thing is said about Edom and Babylon.