耶利米書 4:30 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 4:30

Departed charms that cannot be restored. The figure here is of a woman, once beautiful and attractive. There is thus a return to the theme of Jeremiah 2:1-37 ; where the idolatrous land is set forth as a wife departing from her husband. In the days of her beauty she has fascinated many lovers; but now the beauty is gone, and she makes desperate attempts to compensate for vanished charms by external adornments; only to find her efforts cause for deeper humiliation. Consider— I. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 4:30-31

Broken reeds, concerning which note— I. WHAT THEY ARE . They are the friends that are kept simply by either: 1. Wealth . "Though thou clothest thyself with crimson" ( Jeremiah 4:30 ). The garb of the rich, telling how Jerusalem had won some of her professed friends. 2. Splendor . "Deckest thee with ornaments of gold." Jerusalem could make a grand show, put on much pomp by which the eyes of men were dazzled and deceived. And outward show will deceive many men.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 4:30

Translate, And thou, O plundered one, what effectest thou, that “thou clothest thyself with” scarlet, that “thou deckest” thyself “with ornaments of gold,” that thou enlargest thine eyes with antimony (2 Kings 9:30 note)? “In vain” dost thou beautify thyself; “thy lovers” despise” thee, they” seek “thy life.” Jerusalem is represented as a woman who puts on her best attire to gain favor in the eyes of her lovers, but in vain. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 4:30

Jeremiah 4:30. And when thou art spoiled When this destruction shall come upon thee, which is very near; what wilt thou do? When thou, O daughter of Zion, art besieged by the Babylonians, what course wilt thou take? As if he had said, Thy condition will be desperate. Though thou clothest thyself, &c. The prophet proceeds in a kind of insulting speech, in which he, as it were, upbraids them with their pride and false confidence. With crimson, or scarlet. Though thou deckest... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:5-31

The coming invasion (4:5-31)Jeremiah now pictures the terrible judgment that will fall on Judah if it does not repent. With the enemy army sweeping down upon Judah from the north, a trumpeter sounds the alarm and the people of Judah flee to their walled cities for safety (5-6). Like an enraged lion the enemy prepares to pounce upon its victim. God is about to pour out his anger on the unfaithful people (7-8).Judah’s leaders, both civil and religious, are shocked at the sudden catastrophe that... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 4:30

thou. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia , Put for idolatrous Israel. An adulterous woman. rentest = enlargest (with paint). face = eyes. life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 4:30

Jeremiah 4:30. Though thou rentest thy face with painting— See 2 Kings 9:30. The prophet here carries on the idea wherewith he began, describing Jerusalem under the figure of a harlot, dressing herself up to captivate lovers. See Ezekiel 16:15; Ezekiel 16:63. Houbigant renders the verse, And thou, when about to be spoiled, what will it profit thee to put on purple, to deck thyself with golden ornaments, to enlarge thine eyes with paint [black lead, or stibium]? In vain wilt thou make thyself... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 4:30

30. when thou art spoiled—rather, "thou, O destroyed one" [MAURER]. rentest . . . face with painting—Oriental women 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 ( :-). He uses the term "distendest" in derision of their effort to make their eyes look large [MAURER]; or else, "rentest," that is, dost lacerate by puncturing the eyelid in order to make the antimony adhere... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 4:5-30

Yahweh’s declaration of divine judgment 4:5-6:30The Judahites-having sinned greatly (ch. 2)-failed to repent (Jeremiah 3:1 to Jeremiah 4:4). Consequently, judgment in the form of military invasion would overtake them. This whole section is an amplification and explanation of the overflowing cauldron vision in Jeremiah 1:13-16.This section provides a clear example of the mosaic structure of the Book of Jeremiah. It consists of 13 separate messages that all deal with the threat of approaching... read more