Isaiah 3:16
And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion have been lifted up, and have walked with extended necks and winking eyes, because they have continued on, walking noisily and advancing with a pretentious stride,
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In Context
15Why do you wear down my people, and grind up the faces of the poor, says the Lord, the God of hosts?
Cross References
Proverbs 21:4To lift up the eyes is to enlarge the heart. The lamp of the impious is sin.
Song of Solomon 3:11O daughters of Zion, go forth and see king Solomon with the diadem with which his mother crowned him, on the day of his espousal, on the day of the rejoicing of his heart.
Isaiah 3:18In that day, the Lord will take away their decorative shoes,
Isaiah 24:4The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: arrogance, indulgence in bread and abundance, and the idleness of her and her daughters; and they did not reach out their hand to the needy and the poor.
Matthew 21:5“Tell the daughter of Zion: Behold, your king comes to you meekly, sitting on a donkey and on a colt, the son of one accustomed to the yoke.”
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 3:10-16
Judgments Denounced.. ( b. c. 758.) 9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they… Read the whole commentary →