Jeremiah Curses the Day He Was Born
7 O Yahweh, You have enticed me, and I was enticed;
You were astronger than I, and You prevailed.
I have become a blaughingstock all day long;
Everyone cmocks me.
8 For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I acall out violence and devastation
Because for me the bword of Yahweh has resulted
In reproach and derision all day long.
9 But if I say, “I will not aremember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in bmy heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And cI cannot prevail.