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Judgment of Jerusalem’s Women

16 The Lord also says:

“Because Zion’s women are so haughty,
    and walk with outstretched necks,
flirting with their eyes,
    prancing[a] along as they walk,
        and making tinkling noises with their ankle bracelets,[b]
17 therefore the Lord[c] will afflict sores
    on the heads of Zion’s women,
        and the Lord[d] will expose their private parts.

18 “At that time,[e] the Lord[f] will take away the finery of the ankle bracelets, headbands, crescents,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:16 Or mincing
  2. Isaiah 3:16 Lit. their feet
  3. Isaiah 3:17 So 1QIsaa corrector; 1QIsaa 4QIsab MT read my Lord; LXX reads God
  4. Isaiah 3:17 So 1QIsaa corrector MT; 1QIsaa reads my Lord
  5. Isaiah 3:18 Lit. In that day
  6. Isaiah 3:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT 1QIsaa corrector read my Lord