Jeremiah 4:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

thou. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia, Put for idolatrous Israel. An adulterous woman.

rentest. enlargest (with paint).

face. eyes.

life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh.

Jeremiah 4:30

30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy faced with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.