15Cursed 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. …
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-18)What is the meaning of this? Does there proceed out of the same mouth blessing and cursing ? Could he that said so cheerfully (Jer. 20:13), Sing unto the Lord, praise you the Lord , say so passionately (Jer. 20:14), Cursed be the day wherein I was born ? How shall we reconcile these? What we have in these verses the prophet records, I suppose, to his own shame, as he had recorded that in the foreg…
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