And what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with scarlet, and adorn thyself with golden ornaments; though thou adorn thine eyes with stibium, thy beauty [will be] in vain: thy lovers have rejected thee, they seek thy life.
KJV
Jeremiah 4:30
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.
Parallel Translations
And what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, and adorn yourself with golden ornaments; though you adorn your eyes with stibium, your beauty [will be] in vain: your lovers have rejected you, they seek your life.
You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with makeup, you make yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers despise you. They seek your life.
Cross References
Lamentations 1:192 Kings 9:30Lamentations 1:2Ezekiel 16:36–41Isaiah 10:3Ezekiel 23:9–10Ezekiel 28:13Isaiah 20:6Ezekiel 23:22–24Jeremiah 13:21Jeremiah 22:20–22Lamentations 4:17Hebrews 2:3Revelation 17:2Revelation 17:13
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