Isaiah 3:17
15 Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
16 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
18 In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;
19 their pendants, bracelets, and veils;
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
- KJV
- Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
- WEB
- therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and the LORD will make their scalps bald.”
- ASV
- therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
- DARBY
- therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
- BLB
- and the Lord will bring scabs [to] the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and YHWH will make their foreheads bare.
- ÅB
- skal Herren gjøre Sions døtres isse skurvet, og Herren skal avdekke deres blusel.
- OTB
- vil Herren plage Sions døtres hoder med sår, og Herren vil gjøre deres panner bare."
- B1930
- skal Herren gjøre Sions døtres isse skurvet, og Herren skal avdekke deres blusel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 13:22
And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
Read in contextRevelation 16:2
So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
Read in contextIsaiah 20:4
so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
Read in contextLeviticus 13:43–44
The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white like a skin disease,
Read in contextMicah 1:11
Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.
Read in contextLeviticus 13:29–30
If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
Read in contextEzekiel 16:36–37
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
Read in contextIsaiah 47:2–3
Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
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