Yēlìmǐshū 4:30

30 Nǐ qī liáng de shíhou yào zĕnyàng xíng ne . nǐ suī chuān shang zhūhóng yīfu , peìdaì huángjīn zhuāngshì , yòng yán liào xiūshì yǎnmù , zhèyàng biāo zhì shì wǎngrán de . liànaì nǐde miǎoshì nǐ , bìngqiĕ xún suǒ nǐde xìngméng .

Yēlìmǐshū 4:30 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:30

And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do?
&c.] Or, "O thou spoiled" ^F11, wasted, and undone creature, how wilt thou help thyself? by what means dost thou think thou canst be delivered? it suggests that her ruin was inevitable; that she could not be recovered from it by herself, or any other: though thou clothest thyself with crimson;
and so look like some rich and noble person; hoping thereby to find mercy, and to have quarter given and kindness shown: though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold;
as a person of high and princely dignity: or rather all this is to be understood of the manner of harlots, who dress rich and grand, in order to allure men; since it follows, though thou rendest thy face with painting;
or, eyes ^F12; which painting dilates as Jezebel did, ( 2 Kings 9:30 ) , in vain shalt thou make thyself fair;
so as to be loved and admired: far from it: thy lovers will despise thee;
as an old harlot is despised by her former gallants, notwithstanding all her dressing and painting; yea, their love is often turned into hatred and abhorrence, as would be the case here, they will seek thy life;
to take it away; so far would there be from being any ground of expectations of help and deliverance from them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (dwdv ytaw) "et tu vastata", Pagninus, Montanus "et tu, res vastata", Cocceius.
F12 (Kynye Kwpb yerqx) "scindes in fuco oculos tuos", Montanus; "rumpes stibio oculos tuos", Schmidt.

Yēlìmǐshū 4:30 In-Context

28 Yīncǐ , dì yào bēiāi , zaì shang de tiān yĕ bì hēiàn . yīnwei wǒ yán yǐ chū , wǒ yì yǐ déng , bì bú hòuhuǐ , yĕ bù zhuǎn yì bú zuò .

29 Ge chéng de rén yīn mǎ bīng hé gōngjiànshǒu de xiǎngshēng jiù dōu taópǎo , jìnrù mì lín , pá shang pánshí . ge chéng beì piĕ xià , wú rén zhù zaì qízhōng .

30 Nǐ qī liáng de shíhou yào zĕnyàng xíng ne . nǐ suī chuān shang zhūhóng yīfu , peìdaì huángjīn zhuāngshì , yòng yán liào xiūshì yǎnmù , zhèyàng biāo zhì shì wǎngrán de . liànaì nǐde miǎoshì nǐ , bìngqiĕ xún suǒ nǐde xìngméng .

31 Wǒ tīngjian yǒu shēngyīn , fǎngfú fùrén chǎn nán de shēngyīn , hǎoxiàng shēng tóutāi téngtòng de shēngyīn , shì Xī \'ān nǚzi ( nǚzi jiù shì zhǐ mín de yìsi ) de shēngyīn . tā chuǎn zhe qì , shā shǒu , shuō , wǒ yǒu huò le . zaì shārén de gēnqián , wǒde xīn fā hūn le .