Jeremiah 4:30

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28 For this ^ashall the earth mourn,
And ^bthe heavens above be black,
Because I have spoken.
I have ^cpurposed and ^dwill not relent,
Nor will I turn back from it.

29 The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen.
They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks.
Every city shall be forsaken,
And not a man shall dwell in it.

30 “And when you are plundered,
What will you do?
Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
^aThough you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you will make yourself fair;
^bYour lovers will despise you;
They will seek your life.

31 “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in¹ labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She ^aspreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is¹ weary
Because of murderers!’

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Adam Clarke

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Jeremiah 4:30

Though thou rentest thy face with painting - This probably refers to the custom of introducing stibium a preparation of antimony, between the eye and the lids, in order to produce a fine lustre, which occasions a distension of the eye-lid in the time of the operation. In order to heighten the effect from this some may have introduced a more than ordinary quantity, so as nearly to rend the eye-lid itself. Though thou make use of every means of address, of cunning, and of solicitation, to get assistance from the neighboring states, it will be all in vain. Reference is here particularly made to the practice of harlots to allure men.

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