1. Jérémie 4:30 (NEG79)
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Why do her lovers despise her and seek her life?

Jérémie 4:30 (NEG79)

30 Et toi, dévastée, que vas-tu faire? Tu te revêtiras de cramoisi, tu te pareras d'ornements d'or, Tu mettras du fard à tes yeux; Mais c'est en vain que tu t'embelliras; Tes amants te méprisent, Ils en veulent à ta vie.

Jerusalem will not receive a warm embrace from the lovers she turns to. The nations she has looked to for help, instead of trusting in her true husband (Jeremiah 3:1), never intended to help her. They only sought to exploit and plunder her. They come now as the enemies that despise her and they seek her life.