Jeremiah 4:29-31
Legacy Standard Bible
29 At the sound of the horseman and bowman (A)every city flees;
They (B)go into the thickets and climb up among the rocks;
(C)Every city is forsaken,
And no man inhabits them.
30 And you, O devastated one, (D)what will you do?
Although you dress in scarlet,
Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,
Although you (E)enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you make yourself beautiful.
Your [a](F)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 (G)gasping for breath,
(H)Stretching out her [b]hands, saying,
“Ah, woe is me, for my soul faints before murderers.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:30 Lit paramours
- Jeremiah 4:31 Lit palms
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