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Isaiah 3:23

The looking-glasses, and the fair linen, and the high head-dresses, and the veils.

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In The King James Version

The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.

In Context

22The feast-day dresses, and the robes, and the wide skirts, and the handbags,

24And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;

Ruth 3:15And he said, Take your robe, stretching it out in your hands: and she did so, and he took six measures of grain and put them into it, and gave it her to take: and she went back to the town.

Song of Solomon 5:7The keepers who go about the town overtook me; they gave me blows and wounds; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

Luke 16:19Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

Revelation 19:14And the armies which are in heaven went after him on white horses, clothed in delicate linen, white and clean.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 3:17-26

The Vanity of the Daughters of Zion. ( b. c. 758.) 16 Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 17 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. 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round… Read the whole commentary →

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