Isaiah 3:24

And it shall come to pass, 1 that instead of fragrance there shall be stench; 1 and instead of a sash, a rope; 1 and instead of well-set hair, baldness; 1 and instead of a rich cloak, a wrapping of sak (sackcloth); 1 and branding instead of yofi (beauty). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 hand mirrors, and the sedinim (linen coverings), and the tzenifot (turbans), and the veils. 1

25Thy men shall fall by the cherev, 1 and thy gevurah in milchamah. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:22Hashem shall strike thee with a shachefet (consumption), and with a kaddachat + 28:22 Mk 1:31 (fever), and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the cherev, and with scorching, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

Esther 2:12Now before the turn of every na'arah came to go in to HaMelech Achashverosh, she had to complete the yemei merukeihen (the days of her [bodily] rubbings) which were prescribed for the nashim and which involved shneym asar chodesh (twelve months), shisha chodashim (six months) of shemen (oil) of myrrh and shisha chodashim (six months) of perfumes and beauty treatments for nashim.

Proverbs 7:17I have perfumed my mishkav (bed) 1 with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 1

Isaiah 4:4When Adonoi shall have washed away the filth of the Banot Tziyon, and shall have purged the dahm of Yerushalayim from the midst thereof by the Ruach Mishpat, and by the Ruach Ba'er (Spirit of Burning).

Isaiah 15:3In their chutzot (streets) they shall gird themselves with sackcloth; 1 on their rooftops, and in their rechovot (open areas), 1 every one shall wail, falling down with weeping. 1

Isaiah 32:9Rise up, ye nashim that are complacently at ease; 1 hear my voice, ye banot at ease; 1 give ozen unto my speech. 1

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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