Isaiah 3:23
21 their signet rings and nose rings;
22 their festive robes, capes, cloaks, and purses;
and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.
24 Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
25 Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
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
- and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.
- KJV
- The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
- WEB
- the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.
- ASV
- the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.
- DARBY
- the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
- BLB
- and the mirrors, and the linen [garments], and the turbans, and the veils.
- ÅB
- speilene[^4] og de fine linneter og huene og florslørene.
- OTB
- og de fine linklærne, turbanene og slørene.
- B1930
- speilene og de fine linneter og huene og florslørene. / < 2MO 38, 8.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 19:8
She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 5:7
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
Read in contextExodus 38:8
Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Read in contextGenesis 41:42
Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:10
I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
Read in contextGenesis 24:65
and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
Read in contextLuke 16:19
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Read in contextRuth 3:15
And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.
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