Jeremiah 20:15

Jeremiah felt that it would have been better if his father had never received the news that he had a baby boy. Normally the birth of a male child was the best news a man could receive, since the birth of a boy usually guaranteed support for the family and the perpetuation of the family line. Jeremiah was similar to that messenger, in that he thought he was bringing good news of escape-through divine deliverance-to the nation, but it turned out to be bad news of distress and battle cries. [Note: Drinkard, p. 279.]