Jeremiah 4:29-31
New American Standard Bible
29 At the sound of the horseman and archer (A)every city flees;
They (B)go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;
(C)Every city is abandoned,
And no one lives in them.
30 And you, desolate one, (D)what will you do?
Although you dress in scarlet,
Although you adorn yourself with jewelry of gold,
Although you (E)enlarge your eyes with makeup,
In vain you make yourself beautiful.
Your [a](F)lovers despise you;
They seek your life.
31 For I heard a voice cry as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child.
The voice of the daughter of Zion (G)gasping for breath,
(H)Stretching out her [b]hands, saying,
“Ah, woe to me, for [c]I faint before murderers.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:30 Lit paramours
- Jeremiah 4:31 Lit palms
- Jeremiah 4:31 Lit my soul faints
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