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Jeremiah 4:30

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4:30And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction,71

you accomplish nothing72 by wearing a beautiful dress,73

decking yourself out in jewels of gold,

and putting on eye shadow!74

You are making yourself beautiful for nothing.

Your lovers spurn you.

They want to kill you.75

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Footnotes

  1. 71 Heb “And you that are doomed to destruction.” The referent is supplied from the following context and the fact that Zion/Jerusalem represents the leadership which was continually making overtures to foreign nations for help.
  2. 72 Heb “What are you accomplishing …?” The rhetorical question assumes a negative answer, made clear by the translation in the indicative.
  3. 73 Heb “clothing yourself in scarlet.”
  4. 74 Heb “enlarging your eyes with antimony.” Antimony was a black powder used by women as eyeliner to make their eyes look larger.
  5. 75 Heb “they seek your life.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And you, O desolate one,

what do you mean that you dress in scarlet,

that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,

that you enlarge your eyes with paint?

In vain you beautify yourself.

Your lovers despise you;

they seek your life.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

What are you doing, you devastated one?

Why dress yourself in scarlet

and put on jewels of gold?

Why highlight your eyes with makeup?

You adorn yourself in vain.

Your lovers despise you;

they want to kill you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And you, devastated one, what are you doing

that you dress yourself in scarlet,

that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry,

that you enhance your eyes with makeup?

You beautify yourself for nothing.

Your lovers reject you;

they intend to take your life.

NLTNew Living Translation

What are you doing,

you who have been plundered?

Why do you dress up in beautiful clothing

and put on gold jewelry?

Why do you brighten your eyes with mascara?

Your primping will do you no good!

The allies who were your lovers

despise you and seek to kill you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you, O devastated one, what do you do,

that you put on crimson,

that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,

that you make your eyes look bigger with the eye make-up?

In vain you beautify yourself.

Your lovers reject you;

they seek your life.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do?

Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold,

Though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair;

Thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.