Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 4:30 tn 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 that was continually making overtures to foreign nations for help.
2. Jeremiah 4:30 tn Heb “What are you accomplishing…?” The rhetorical question assumes a negative answer, made clear by the translation in the indicative.
3. Jeremiah 4:30 tn Heb “clothing yourself in scarlet.”
4. Jeremiah 4:30 tn Heb “enlarging your eyes with antimony.” Antimony was a black powder used by women as eyeliner to make their eyes look larger.
5. Jeremiah 4:30 tn Heb “they seek your life.”
6. Jeremiah 4:31 tn The particle כִּי (ki) is more likely asseverative here than causal.
7. Jeremiah 4:31 sn Jerusalem is personified as a helpless young woman giving birth.
8. Jeremiah 4:31 tn Heb “spreading out her hands.” The idea of asking or pleading for help is implicit in the figure.
9. Jeremiah 4:31 tn Heb “Woe, now to me!” See the translator’s note on 4:13 for the usage of “Woe to…”