Jeremiah 4:30

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jerusalem, your land has been wiped out. But you act like a prostitute and try to win back your lovers, who now hate you. You can put on a red dress, gold jewellery, and eye shadow, but it's no use— your lovers are out to kill you!

Cross References

2 Kings 9:30

Jehu headed towards Jezreel, and when Jezebel heard he was coming, she put on eye shadow and brushed her hair. Then she stood at the window, waiting for him to arrive.

Proverbs 6:25

Don't let yourself be attracted by the charm and lovely eyes of someone like that.

Proverbs 7:10

She was dressed up like a woman of the street with only one thing in mind.

Isaiah 10:3

But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your valuables?

Isaiah 20:6

When this happens, the people who live along the coast will say, “Look what happened to them! We ran to them for safety, hoping they would protect us from the king of Assyria. But now, there is no escape for us.”

Isaiah 33:14

Those terrible sinners on Mount Zion tremble as they ask in fear, “How can we possibly live where a raging fire never stops burning?”

Jeremiah 13:21

You once trusted them to help, but now I'll let them rule you. What do you say about that? You will be in pain like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 22:23

Those who live in the palace panelled with cedar will groan with pain like women giving birth.

Jeremiah 30:14

Your friends have forgotten you; they don't care any more. Even I have acted like an enemy. And because your sins are horrible and countless, I will be cruel as I punish you. So don't bother to cry out for relief from your pain.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Lamentations 1:19

I called out to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and my leaders died while searching the city for scraps of food.

Lamentations 1:2

Each night, bitter tears flood her cheeks. None of her former lovers are there to offer comfort; her friends have betrayed her and are now her enemies.

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes became weary, hopelessly looking for help from a nation that could not save us.

Ezekiel 28:13

You lived in the garden of Eden and wore jewellery made of brightly-coloured gems and precious stones. They were all set in gold and were ready for you on the day you were born.

Ezekiel 28:9

When you face your enemies, will you still claim to be a god? They will attack, and you will suffer like any other human.

Obadiah 1:7

Your allies can't be trusted. They will force you out of your own country. Your best friends will trick and trap you, even before you know it.

Hebrews 2:3

So if we refuse this great way of being saved, how can we hope to escape? The Lord himself was the first to tell about it, and people who heard the message proved to us that it was true.

Revelation 17:13

They all think alike and will give their power and authority to the beast.

Revelation 17:2

Every king on earth has slept with her, and her shameless ways are like wine that has made everyone on earth drunk.”

Revelation 17:4

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet robes, and she wore jewellery made of gold, precious stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup filled with the filthy and nasty things she had done.