Discovery BoxJeremiah 20:15-16
Context20:15 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
20:16 May that man be like the cities 2
that the Lord destroyed without showing any mercy.
May he hear a cry of distress in the morning
and a battle cry at noon.
[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.
[20:16] 2 sn The cities alluded to are Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities of the Jordan plain which had become proverbial for their wickedness and for the destruction that the
