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Isaiah 3:18

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—

17 the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”

In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

19 their pendants, bracelets, and veils;

20 their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;

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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.

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BSB
In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;
KJV
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
WEB
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,
ASV
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;
DARBY
In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,
BLB
That in the day the Lord will turn away the beauty of the anklets and the headbands, and the crescents,
ÅB
På den dag skal Herren ta bort de prektige fotringer og soler[^2] og halvmåner[^3],
OTB
På den dagen vil Herren ta bort prakten av deres ankelringer, hodebånd og halvmåneformede smykker,
B1930
På den dag skal Herren ta bort de prektige fotringer og soler og halvmåner, / < smykker som forestiller solen.> / < DMR 8, 21.>

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  • Judges 8:21

    Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

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  • Judges 8:26

    The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

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