Isaiah 3:16

Isaiah 3:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord says, “The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover the Lord says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with outstretched necks And wanton eyes, Walking and mincing as they go, Making a jingling with their feet,
• New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord says, “Beautiful Zion is haughty: craning her elegant neck, flirting with her eyes, walking with dainty steps, tinkling her ankle bracelets.

Context of Isaiah 3:16

14The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: "It is you who have devoured the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses. 15What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?" declares the Lord God of hosts. The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet, 17therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts. 18In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;

Isaiah 3:16 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה יַ֚עַן כִּ֤י גָֽבְהוּ֙ בְּנ֣וֹת צִיּ֔וֹן וַתֵּלַ֙כְנָה֙ נְטוּי֣וֹת גָּר֔וֹן וּֽמְשַׂקְּר֖וֹת עֵינָ֑יִם הָל֤וֹךְ וְטָפֹף֙ תֵּלַ֔כְנָה וּבְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם תְּעַכַּֽסְנָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Becauseיַעַןya‛an · becauseH3282
• the daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• are haughtyגָּבַהּgâbahh · be highH1361
• and walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• with stretched forthנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• necksגָּרוֹןgârôn gârôn · throatH1627
• and wantonשָׂקַרώâqar · to ogleH8265
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• walkingהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• and mincingטָפַףţâphaph · to minceH2952
• and making a tinklingעָכַס‛âkas · to tinkleH5913
• with their feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272

Cross-references for Isaiah 3:16

• Isaiah 1:8And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
• Isaiah 4:4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.
• Matthew 21:5"Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.'"
• Luke 23:28But turning to them Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
• Isaiah 24:4The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and withers; the highest people of the earth languish.
• Isaiah 32:9Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Proverbs 30:13There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!
• Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
• Zephaniah 3:11"On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.

Commentaries on Isaiah 3:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16And wanton eyes "And falsely setting off their eyes with paint" - Hebrew, falsifying their eyes. I take this to be the true meaning and literal rendering of the word; from שקר shakar . The Masoretes have pointed it, as if it were from שקר sakar, a different word. This arose, as I imagine, from their supposing that the word was the same with סקר sakar, Chaldee, "intueri, innuere oculis;" or that it had an affinity with the noun סיקרא sikra, which the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Moreover, the Lord saith - In the previous parts of this prophecy, the prophet had rebuked the princes, magistrates, and the people generally. In the remainder of this chapter, he reproves with great severity the pride, luxury, and effeminacy of the female part of the Jewish community. Some interpreters have understood this as designed to reprove the pride and luxury of the “cities” and “towns” of Judah, regarded as “daughters of Zion;” see the note at…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. 16The dramatic descriptions show how the people of Jerusalem loved their refined way of life. They proudly showed their self-reliance, power, and prestige. daughters of Zion: See “Zion” Theme Note.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, &c.--Luxury had become great in Uzziah's prosperous reign (2Ch 26:5). stretched forth--proudly elevated (Psa 75:5). wanton--rather, "making the eyes to glance about," namely, wantonly (Pr 6:13) [Maurer]. But Lowth, "falsely setting off the eyes with paint." Women's eyelids in the East are often colored with stibium, or powder of lead (see on Job 42:14; Jr 4:30, Margin). mincing--tripping with short steps…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 3:16

• Feet
• Mincing
• Pride
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Ancient
• Base
• Bravery
• Cunning
• Daughter
• Eye
• Fruit
• Girding
• Grind
• Mincing

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