Jeremiah 4:28-30

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁸Because of this, the earth will mourn;^(A)
the skies above will grow dark.^(B)
I have spoken; I have planned,
and I will not relent or turn back from it.^(C)

²⁹Every city flees^(D)
at the sound of the horseman and the archer.
They enter the thickets
and climb among the rocks.^(E)
Every city is abandoned;
no inhabitant is left.
³⁰And you, devastated one, what are you doing^(F)
that you dress yourself in scarlet,
that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry,
that you enlarge your eyes with paint?^(G)
You beautify yourself for nothing.
Your lovers reject you;^(H)
they want to take your life.^(I)