Verse 30
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do ?.... Or, "O thou spoiled" F11 ואתי שדוד "et tu vastata", Pagninus, Montanus "et tu, res vastata", Cocceius. , wasted, and undone creature, how wilt thou help thyself? by what means dost thou think thou canst be delivered? it suggests that her ruin was inevitable; that she could not be recovered from it by herself, or any other:
though thou clothest thyself with crimson ; and so look like some rich and noble person; hoping thereby to find mercy, and to have quarter given and kindness shown:
though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold ; as a person of high and princely dignity: or rather all this is to be understood of the manner of harlots, who dress rich and grand, in order to allure men; since it follows,
though thou rendest thy face with painting ; or, eyes F12 חקרעי בפוך עיניך "scindes in fuco oculos tuos", Montanus; "rumpes stibio oculos tuos", Schmidt. ; which painting dilates as Jezebel did, 2 Kings 9:30 ,
in vain shalt thou make thyself fair ; so as to be loved and admired: far from it:
thy lovers will despise thee ; as an old harlot is despised by her former gallants, notwithstanding all her dressing and painting; yea, their love is often turned into hatred and abhorrence, as would be the case here,
they will seek thy life ; to take it away; so far would there be from being any ground of expectations of help and deliverance from them.
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