Jeremiah 4:30
30 And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction, ▼▼ 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.
you accomplish nothing ▼
▼ Heb “What are you accomplishing…?” The rhetorical question assumes a negative answer, made clear by the translation in the indicative.
by wearing a beautiful dress, ▼▼ Heb “clothing yourself in scarlet.”
decking yourself out in jewels of gold,
and putting on eye shadow! ▼
▼ Heb “enlarging your eyes with antimony.” Antimony was a black powder used by women as eyeliner to make their eyes look larger.
You are making yourself beautiful for nothing.
Your lovers spurn you.
They want to kill you. ▼
▼ Heb “they seek your life.”
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