Jeremiah 20:15 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 20:15

Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.

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ASV

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

KJV

Cursed 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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father,.... The word signifies commonly good tidings, as the news of a child born, and especially a man child, is to its parent. The Septuagint use the same word the angel did, when he brought the tidings of the birth of Christ, Luk 2:10. This was still more foolish and sinful, to curse the man that carried the tidings of his birth to his father; who did a right thing, and what was acceptable, and perhaps might be a good man.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A man child is born - Borun is to thee a knave child. - Old MS. Bible. This is the old English word for man or servant; and is so used by Wiclif, Rev 12:6.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The contrast between the spirit of this passage and the preceding thanksgiving is to be explained thus: to show how great was the deliverance (Jer 20:13), he subjoins a picture of what his wounded spirit had been previous to his deliverance;

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָר֣וּר	'a.Rur	[be] cursed	H779 →
הָאִ֗ישׁ	ha.'Ish	the person	H376 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
בִּשַּׂ֤ר	bi.Sar	he bore [the] news	H1319 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אָבִי֙	'a.Vi	father my	H1 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
יֻֽלַּד־	yu.lad-	he has been born	H3205 →
לְךָ֖	le.Kha	to <the> you
בֵּ֣ן	ben	a son	H1121 →
זָכָ֑ר	za.Khar	a male	H2145 →
שַׂמֵּ֖חַ	sa.Me.ach	surely <make rejoice>	H8055 →
שִׂמֳּחָֽהוּ׃	si.mo.Cha.hu	he made rejoice him	H8055 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
leads to
- Psalms 139:16
  Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
- Isaiah 49:1
  Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
- Galatians 1:15–16
  But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
- Psalms 71:5–6
  For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
- Romans 8:29
  For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
Through
Luke 1:14
He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
leads to
- Luke 1:58
  Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
- Proverbs 23:24
  The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
- Genesis 21:6
  Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jeremiah