“My face is red and swollen with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],

“His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the [reddish] eyelids of the dawn.

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.

I certainly will not permit my eyes to sleep
Nor my eyelids to slumber,

Give no [unnecessary] sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;

Do not desire (lust after) her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelashes.

There is a generation (class of people)—oh, how lofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are raised in arrogance.

And you, O desolate one, what will you do?
Though you clothe yourself in scarlet,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,
You make yourself beautiful in vain.
Your lovers (allies) despise you;
They seek your life.

“Let them hurry and take up a wailing for us,
That our eyes may shed tears
And our eyelids flow with water.

“Furthermore, you have even sent a messenger for men to come from far away; and behold, they came—those for whom you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with ornaments;