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 face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. When thou art spoiled - rather, 'thou, O destroyed one:' O ruined people and city (Maurer).
Rentest thy face with painting. Oriental females paint their eyes with stibium, or antimony, to make them look full and sparkling, the black margin causing the white of the eyes to appear the brighter by contrast, (2 Kings 3, margin) He uses the term rentest, i:e., distendest, in derision of their effort to make their eyes look large (Maurer): or else, rentest, i:e., dost lacerate by puncturing the eyelid, in order to make the antimony adhere (Rosenmuller). So the Jews use every artifice to secure the aid of Egypt against Babylon.
Face - rather, thy eyes (Ezekiel 23:40).