Jeremiah 4:30

And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 22:20-22 expands on the theme of Jerusalem's lovers being destroyed and her shame — the same threat realized.

Jeremiah 30:14 repeats the image of forgotten lovers, making explicit that God's punishment is the reason for the rejection.

In Jeremiah 13:21, friends become rulers over you — like the lovers who despise and seek your life in 4:30. Both show betrayal.

Revelation 17:16-18 shows the beast and kings hating the prostitute, making her desolate and burning her—a direct parallel to the lovers' betrayal in Jeremiah.

Revelation 17:4 portrays Babylon the great prostitute dressed in scarlet and gold — directly echoing the harlot imagery of Jerusalem here.

Lamentations 1:2 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 1:2 laments that Jerusalem's lovers have become her enemies — the very outcome warned against here.

Lamentations 1:19 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 1:19 says 'I called to my lovers, but they deceived me' — a direct fulfillment of the lovers despising and seeking her life.

Ezekiel 16:36-41 expands on the same harlotry metaphor: her lovers become judges who strip and stone her, fulfilling the threat in Jeremiah.

2 Kings 9:30 shows Jezebel painting her eyes before her death — the same Hebrew verb for futile beautification in the face of judgment.

Ezekiel 23:9 shows God handing Oholibah (Jerusalem) to her lovers—the Assyrians—mirroring Jeremiah's lovers despising and seeking her life.

Ezekiel 23:10 describes the lovers uncovering her nakedness and killing her with the sword—the execution of the threat in Jeremiah.

Ezekiel 23:22-24 specifies the lovers God stirs up against her, bringing nations to hate and assault her—fulfilling Jeremiah's warning.

Ezekiel 23:28 repeats the theme: God delivers her into the hands of those she hated, who now become her enemies—echoing the lovers' betrayal.

Ezekiel 23:29 depicts the lovers stripping her bare in hatred—the graphic outcome of the vain beautifying and lovers' disdain in Jeremiah.

Ezekiel 23:40 uses the same imagery of painting eyes and adorning with ornaments to depict Jerusalem's unfaithfulness to God.

Ezekiel 16:37 expands the same adultery metaphor, gathering the lovers to expose and judge Jerusalem.

Isaiah 10:3 Parallel

In Isaiah 10:3, the question of what to do on the day of punishment echoes the futility of Jerusalem's adornment in 4:30.

Revelation 17:2 uses the same harlot metaphor for Babylon, whose immorality intoxicates kings—a NT echo of Jerusalem's unfaithfulness.

Isaiah 20:6 Parallel

In Isaiah 20:6, those who trusted in Egypt are dismayed — similar to Jerusalem's lovers rejecting her in 4:30. Misplaced hope.