Jeremiah 4:30
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וְאַתְּve'atiand youH859שָׁדוּדshadudO devastated [one]H7703מַה־mah-what?H4100תַּעֲשִׂיta'asiare you doingH6213כִּי־ki-thatH3588תִלְבְּשִׁיtilbeshiyou are dressingH3847שָׁנִיshaniscarletH8144כִּי־ki-thatH3588תַעְדִּיta'diyou ornament yourselfH5710עֲדִי־'adi-ornament[s] ofH5716זָהָבzahavgoldH2091כִּי־ki-thatH3588תִקְרְעִיtikre'iyou tear openH7167בַפּוּךְvapukhwith <the> eye-paintH6320עֵינַיִךְ'einayikheyes yourH5869לַשָּׁוְאlashav'for <the> vanityH7723תִּתְיַפִּיtityapiyou beautify yourselfH3302מָאֲסוּ־ma'asu-they have rejectedH3988בָךְvakh<in> <the> youעֹגְבִים'ogevimloversH5689נַפְשֵׁךְnafshekhlife yourH5315יְבַקֵּשׁוּ׃yevakeshuthey seekH1245
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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