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Jeremiah 4:30

And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.

BSB

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ASV

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 enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

KJV

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.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַ֨תְּve.'a.tiand youH859
שָׁד֜וּדsha.DudO devastated [one]H7703
מַֽה־mah-what?H4100
תַּעֲשִׂ֗יta.'a.Siare you doingH6213
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588
תִלְבְּשִׁ֨יtil.be.Shiyou are dressingH3847
שָׁנִ֜יsha.NiscarletH8144
כִּי־ki-thatH3588
תַעְדִּ֣יta'.Diyou ornament yourselfH5710
עֲדִי־'a.di-ornament[s] ofH5716
זָהָ֗בza.HavgoldH2091
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588
תִקְרְעִ֤יtik.re.'Iyou tear openH7167
בַפּוּךְ֙va.puKhwith <the> eye-paintH6320
עֵינַ֔יִךְ'ei.Na.yikheyes yourH5869
לַשָּׁ֖וְאla.Shav'for <the> vanityH7723
תִּתְיַפִּ֑יtit.ya.Piyou beautify yourselfH3302
מָאֲסוּ־ma.'a.su-they have rejectedH3988
בָ֥ךְvakh<in> <the> you
עֹגְבִ֖ים'o.ge.VimloversH5689
נַפְשֵׁ֥ךְnaf.Shekhlife yourH5315
יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ye.va.Ke.shuthey seekH1245

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain