Isaiah 3:24

And it shall come to pass—That instead of fragrance, a putrid odour, shall be, And instead of a girdle, an encircling rope, And instead of braided hair, baldness, And instead of a festal robe, a girding of sackcloth, Branding instead of beauty:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

23and the mirrors and the linen wraps, and the tiaras and the cloaks.

25Thy males, by the sword shall fall,—And, thy mighty men, by the war;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:22Yahweh, will smite thee, with consumption and with fever, and with inflammation and with violent heat and with the sword, and with blight and with mildew,—and they shall pursue thee, until thou perish.

Esther 2:12Now, when the turn of each maiden came, to go in unto King Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her according to the law of the women for twelve months, for, so, were filled the days of their purification,—six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes, and with things for the purification of the women,

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

Isaiah 4:4When My Lord shall have bathed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, And the blood-guiltiness of Jerusalem, he shall wash away out of her midst,—By the spirit of judgment, and By the spirit of thorough cleansing,

Isaiah 15:3In their streets, have they girded them with sackcloth,—On their housetops, and in their broadways, every one is howling—melting in tears;

Isaiah 32:9Ye women in comfort! arise hear my voice, Ye daughters so confident give ear to my speech:—

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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