Isaiah 3:24

And instead of perfume there shall be corruption; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of curled locks, baldness; Instead of a wide mantle, a covering of sackcloth; Fire-scars instead of beauty.

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In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.

In Context

23The mirrors, and the linen shifts, and the head-bands, and the large veils.

25Thy men shall fall by the sword, Yea, thy mighty men in battle;

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Cross References

Proverbs 7:17I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Isaiah 4:4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, And have removed the blood of Jerusalem from the midst of her, By a spirit of judgment and a spirit of destruction,

Isaiah 15:3In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses and in their public walks every one howleth, And melteth away with weeping.

Isaiah 32:9Arise, hear my voice, ye women that are at ease! Give ear to my speech, ye careless daughters!

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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