Jeremiah 4:30-31
New King James Version
30 “And when you are plundered,
What will you do?
Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
(A)Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you will make yourself fair;
(B)Your lovers will despise you;
They will seek your life.
31 “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in [a]labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She (C)spreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is [b]weary
Because of murderers!’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:31 childbirth
- Jeremiah 4:31 faint
Jeremiah 4:30-31
21st Century King James Version
30 And when thou art despoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rendest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair. Thy lovers will despise thee; they will seek thy life.
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, ‘Woe is me now, for my soul is wearied because of murderers!’
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