Jeremiah 4:30 meaning and explanation
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.
Jeremiah 4:30, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to Jerusalem, pictured as a woman trying to win back allies by dressing in scarlet, gold jewelry and painted eyes. In the ancient world such adornment signaled both wealth and the appeal of a lover, and the prophets often used it for Judah's trust in foreign powers rather than in God.
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