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A Warning to Women of Jerusalem

16 The Lord says,
    “The women of Jerusalem are proud.
They walk around with their heads held high.
    They flirt with their eyes.
They take quick, short steps,
    making noise with their ankle bracelets.”
17 So the Lord will put sores on the heads of those women in Jerusalem.
    He will make them lose all their hair.

18 At that time the Lord will take away everything that makes them proud. He will take away their beautiful ankle bracelets, their headbands and their necklaces shaped like the moon.

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16 The Lord says,
    “The women of Zion(A) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,(B)
    flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
    with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
    the Lord will make their scalps bald.(C)

18 In that day(D) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,(E)

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