Isaiah 3:17

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

15Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The sovereign Lord who commands armies has spoken. 16The Lord says, “The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles. So the sovereign master will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women with skin diseases, the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.” 18At that time the sovereign master will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, neck ornaments, crescent shaped ornaments, 19earrings, bracelets, veils,

Isaiah 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 13:20The priest will then examine it, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.
• Deuteronomy 28:27The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.
• Revelation 16:2So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Then ugly and painful sores appeared on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.
• Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, both young and old. They will be in undergarments and barefoot, with the buttocks exposed; the Egyptians will be publicly humiliated.
• Isaiah 47:2Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!
• Jeremiah 13:22You will probably ask yourself, ‘Why have these things happened to me? Why have I been treated like a disgraced adulteress whose skirt has been torn off and her limbs exposed?’ It is because you have sinned so much.
• Ezekiel 16:36This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children you have given to them,
• Ezekiel 23:25I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors will die by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.
• Micah 1:11Residents of Shaphir, pass by in nakedness and humiliation! The residents of Zaanan can’t leave their city. Beth Ezel mourns, “He takes from you what he desires.”
• Nahum 3:5I am against you,” declares the Lord who commands armies. “I will strip off your clothes! I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms;

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

Topics related to Isaiah 3:17

• Disease
• Head
• Pride
• Scab
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Ancient
• Base
• Bravery
• Cunning
• Fruit
• Girding
• Grind
• Hair
• Ornament
• Stay

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