Jeremiah 4:30

Good News Translation

Jerusalem, you are doomed! Why do you dress in scarlet? Why do you put on jewelry and paint your eyes? You are making yourself beautiful for nothing! Your lovers have rejected you and want to kill you.

Cross References

2 Kings 9:30

Jehu arrived in Jezreel. Jezebel, having heard what had happened, put on eye shadow, arranged her hair, and stood looking down at the street from a window in the palace.

Proverbs 6:25

Don't be tempted by their beauty; don't be trapped by their flirting eyes.

Proverbs 7:10

And then she met him; she was dressed like a prostitute and was making plans.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do when God punishes you? What will you do when he brings disaster on you from a distant country? Where will you run to find help? Where will you hide your wealth?

Isaiah 20:6

When that time comes, the people who live along the coast of Philistia will say, ‘Look at what has happened to the people we relied on to protect us from the emperor of Assyria! How will we ever survive?’”

Isaiah 33:14

The sinful people of Zion are trembling with fright. They say, “God's judgment is like a fire that burns forever. Can any of us survive a fire like that?”

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when people you thought were your friends conquer you and rule over you? You will be in pain like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 22:23

You rest secure among the cedars brought from Lebanon; but how pitiful you'll be when pains strike you, pains like those of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 30:14

All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer care about you. I have attacked you like an enemy; your punishment has been harsh because your sins are many and your wickedness is great.

Jeremiah 5:31

prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?”

Lamentations 1:19

“I called to my allies, but they refused to help me. The priests and the leaders died in the city streets, Looking for food to keep themselves alive.

Lamentations 1:2

All night long she cries; tears run down her cheeks. Of all her former friends, not one is left to comfort her. Her allies have betrayed her and are all against her now.

Lamentations 4:17

For help that never came, we looked until we could look no longer. We kept waiting for help from a nation that had none to give.

Ezekiel 28:13

You lived in Eden, the garden of God, and wore gems of every kind: rubies and diamonds; topaz, beryl, carnelian, and jasper; sapphires, emeralds, and garnets. You had ornaments of gold. They were made for you on the day you were created.

Ezekiel 28:9

When they come to kill you, will you still claim that you are a god? When you face your murderers, you will be mortal and not at all divine.

Obadiah 1:7

Your allies have deceived you; they have driven you from your country. People who were at peace with you have now conquered you. Those friends who ate with you have laid a trap for you; they say of you, ‘Where is all that cleverness he had?’

Hebrews 2:3

How, then, shall we escape if we pay no attention to such a great salvation? The Lord himself first announced this salvation, and those who heard him proved to us that it is true.

Revelation 17:13

These ten all have the same purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

Revelation 17:2

The kings of the earth practiced sexual immorality with her, and the people of the world became drunk from drinking the wine of her immorality.”

Revelation 17:4

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and covered with gold ornaments, precious stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup full of obscene and filthy things, the result of her immorality.