Jeremiah 52:19

52:19 The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers, ¹  basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels. ² 

Jeremiah 51:7

51:7 Babylonia had been a gold cup in the Lord’s hand.

She had made the whole world drunk.

The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath. ³ 

So they have all gone mad. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 4:30

4:30 And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction, ⁵ 

you accomplish nothing ⁶  by wearing a beautiful dress, ⁷ 

decking yourself out in jewels of gold,

and putting on eye shadow! ⁸ 

You are making yourself beautiful for nothing.

Your lovers spurn you.

They want to kill you. ⁹ 

[52:19]  ¹ sn The censers held the embers used for the incense offerings.

[52:19]  ² sn These vessels were used for drink offerings.

[51:7]  ³ tn The words “of her wrath” are not in the Hebrew text but are supplied in the translation to help those readers who are not familiar with the figure of the “cup of the Lord’s wrath.”

[51:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “upon the grounds of such conditions the nations have gone mad.”

[4:30]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Heb “What are you accomplishing…?” The rhetorical question assumes a negative answer, made clear by the translation in the indicative.

[4:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “clothing yourself in scarlet.”

[4:30]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ tn Heb “they seek your life.”