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Isaiah 3:17
17Therefore the Lord will afflict the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion with scabs [making them bald], And the Lord will expose their foreheads (send them into captivity).”
Isaiah 3:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the Lord will make their scalps bald.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the Lord will strike with a scab The crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, And the Lord will uncover their secret parts.”
Context of Isaiah 3:17
15What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?” Declares the Lord God of hosts. 16Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with outstretched necks and seductive (flirtatious, alluring) eyes, And trip along with mincing steps and an affected gait And walk with jingling anklets on their feet, Therefore the Lord will afflict the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion with scabs [making them bald], And the Lord will expose their foreheads (send them into captivity).” 18In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, [braided] caps, crescent [head] ornaments, 19dangling earrings, bracelets, and the hanging veils and scarves,
Read all of Isaiah 3Isaiah 3:17 word by word
וְשִׂפַּ֣ח אֲדֹנָ֔י קָדְקֹ֖ד בְּנ֣וֹת צִיּ֑וֹן וַיהוָ֖ה פָּתְהֵ֥ן יְעָרֶֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- will smite with a scabשִׂפַּחsâphach ώâphach · cause a scab uponH5596
- the crown of the headקׇדְקֹדqodqôd · crownH6936
- of the daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
- and the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- will discoverעָרָה‛ârâh · to uncoverH6168
- their secret partsפֹּתpôth pôthâh · hingeH6596
Cross-references for Isaiah 3:17
- Leviticus 13:20and the priest shall look, and if it looks deeper than the skin and the hair on it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the disease of leprosy; it has broken out in the boil.
- Deuteronomy 28:27“The Lord will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and the itch that you cannot heal.
- Revelation 16:2So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and loathsome and malignant sores came on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.
- Isaiah 20:4in the same way the king of Assyria will lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, young and old, stripped and barefoot, even with buttocks uncovered—to the shame of Egypt.
- Isaiah 47:2Take millstones [as a female slave does] and grind meal; Remove your veil, strip off the skirt, Uncover the leg, cross the rivers [at the command of your captors].
- Jeremiah 13:22And if you [wonder and] say in your heart, ‘Why have these things happened to me?’ It is because of the greatness and nature of your sin That your skirts have been pulled away [subjecting you to public disgrace] And [like a barefoot slave] your heels have been wounded.
- Ezekiel 16:36Thus says the Lord God, “Because your lewdness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered through your obscene immoralities with your lovers (pagan allies), and with all your [repulsive] idols, and because of the blood of your sons that you gave to them,
- Ezekiel 23:25I will set My jealous indignation against you [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine], and they will deal with you in fury. They will remove your nose and your ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters; and the survivors will be devoured by the fire.
- Micah 1:11Go on your way [into exile—stripped of beauty, disarmed], inhabitants of Shaphir (Beautiful), in shameful nakedness. The inhabitant of Zaanan (Go Out) does not go out [of the house]; The wailing of Beth-ezel (House of Removal) will take away from you its support.
- Nahum 3:5“Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of hosts, “And I will lift up your skirts over your face, And I will let the nations look at your nakedness [O Nineveh] And the kingdoms at your disgrace.
Commentaries on Isaiah 3:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The Lord will smite "Will the Lord humble" - , Septuagint; and so Syriac and Chaldee. For שפח sippach they read שפל shaphal . Instead of יהוה Yehovah, many MSS. have אדני Adonai . Will discover their secret parts "Expose their nakedness" - It was the barbarous custom of the conquerors of those times to strip their captives naked, and to make them travel in that condition, exposed to the inclemency of the weather; and the worst of all, to the intolerable…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab - There is some diversity of rendering to this expression. The Septuagint reads it: The Lord will humble the principal daughters of Zion‘ - those who belong to the court, or to the families of the princes. The Chaldee, The Lord will prostrate the glory of the daughters of Zion.‘ The Syriac is the same. The Hebrew word שׂפח s'ı̂phach translated will smite with a scab,‘ means to “make bald,” particularly to make the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-26Verses 16-26 The prophet reproves and warns the daughters of Zion of the sufferings coming upon them. Let them know that God notices the folly and vanity of proud women, even of their dress. The punishments threatened answered the sin. Loathsome diseases often are the just punishment of pride. It is not material to ask what sort of ornaments they wore; many of these things, if they had not been in fashion, would have been ridiculed then as now. Their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-25take away their finery: In a reversal of fortune, the affluent (wealthy) and proud people of Jerusalem would suffer disgrace (public shame). Wealthy women often wore expensive and beautiful clothing or jewelry (Isaiah 3:18). This finery probably included amulets (small objects people believed could protect them from evil). The people wore these items to keep harm away. But these objects could not prevent the disaster of judgment. These beautiful items…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. smite with a scab--literally, "make bald," namely, by disease. discover--cause them to suffer the greatest indignity that can befall female captives, namely to be stripped naked, and have their persons exposed (Is 47:3; compare with Is 20:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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