Mazmur 41:10

41:10 As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up,

so I can pay them back!” ¹ 

Yeremia 4:30

4:30 And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction, ² 

you accomplish nothing ³  by wearing a beautiful dress, ⁴ 

decking yourself out in jewels of gold,

and putting on eye shadow! ⁵ 

You are making yourself beautiful for nothing.

Your lovers spurn you.

They want to kill you. ⁶ 

[41:10]  ¹ tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) here indicates purpose or result (“Then I will repay them”) after the preceding imperatives.

[4:30]  ² tn Heb “And you that are doomed to destruction.” The referent is supplied from the following context and the fact that Zion/Jerusalem represents the leadership which was continually making overtures to foreign nations for help.

[4:30]  ³ tn Heb “What are you accomplishing…?” The rhetorical question assumes a negative answer, made clear by the translation in the indicative.

[4:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “clothing yourself in scarlet.”

[4:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “enlarging your eyes with antimony.” Antimony was a black powder used by women as eyeliner to make their eyes look larger.

[4:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “they seek your life.”