“Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, “A boy is born to you,” making him very glad.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Jeremiah 20 contains 18 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.