And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do?.... Or, "O thou spoiled" , wasted, and undone creature, how wilt thou help thyself? by what means dost thou think thou canst be delivered? it suggests that her ruin was inevitable; that she could not be recovered from it by herself, or any other:though thou clothest thyself with crimson; and so look like some rich and noble person; hoping thereby to find mercy, and to have quarter given and kindness shown:though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold; as a person of high and princely dignity: or rather all this is to be understood of the manner of harlots, who dress rich and grand, in order to allure men; since it follows,though thou rendest thy face with painting; or, eyes ; which painting dilates as Jezebel did, 2Ki 9:30,in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; so as to be loved and admired: far from it:thy lovers will despise thee; as an old harlot is despised by her former gallants, notwithstanding all her dressing and painting; yea, their love is often turned into hatred and abhorrence, as would be the case here,they will seek thy life; to take it away; so far would there be from being any ground of expectations of help and deliverance from them.
dwdv ytaw "et tu vastata", Pagninus, Montanus "et tu, res vastata", Cocceius.