Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 54:11

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11. not comforted —by anyone; none gave her help or comfort. lay . . . with fair colours —rather, "lay . . . in cement of vermilion " [LOWTH]. The Hebrew for "fair colors" means stibium, the paint with which Eastern women painted their eyelids and eyelashes ( :- ). The very cement shall be of the most beautiful color ( :- ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-12" class="com-number"