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16 The Lord said:
    Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
walking with their heads held high,
    glancing wantonly with their eyes,
moving provocatively with mincing steps
    and with their anklets tinkling,
17 the Lord will cover with scabs
    the scalps of the daughters of Zion,
    and he will lay bare their foreheads.

18 [a]On that day the Lord will take away their finery: anklets, headbands, and crescents;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:18 Of these various garments and jewels some would have had a magical or idolatrous significance.