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30 And you, O devastated one, (A)what will you do?
Although you dress in scarlet,
Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,
Although you (B)enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you make yourself beautiful.
Your [a](C)lovers despise you;
They seek your life.
31 For I heard a sound as of a woman in labor pains,
The distress as of one giving birth to her first child,
The sound of the daughter of Zion (D)gasping for breath,
(E)Stretching out her [b]hands, saying,
“Ah, woe is me, for my soul faints before murderers.”

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  1. Jeremiah 4:30 Lit paramours
  2. Jeremiah 4:31 Lit palms

30 And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou [a]enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life. 31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.

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  1. Jeremiah 4:30 Hebrew rendest.