Jeremiah 4:29-31
New American Standard Bible 1995
29 At the sound of the horseman and bowman (A)every city flees;
They (B)go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;
(C)Every city is forsaken,
And no man dwells in them.
30 And you, O desolate 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 [b]cry as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
The [c]cry of the daughter of Zion (G)gasping for breath,
(H)Stretching out her [d]hands, saying,
“Ah, woe is me, for [e]I faint before murderers.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:30 Lit paramours
- Jeremiah 4:31 Lit sound
- Jeremiah 4:31 Lit sound
- Jeremiah 4:31 Lit palms
- Jeremiah 4:31 Lit my soul faints
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