Isaiah 3:17-19
New English Translation
17 So[a] the Lord[b] will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women[c] with skin diseases;[d]
the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.”[e]
18 [f] At that time[g] the Lord will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry,[h] neck ornaments, crescent-shaped ornaments, 19 earrings, bracelets, veils,
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- Isaiah 3:17 tn In the Hebrew text vv. 16-17 are one long sentence, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud and walk…, the Lord will afflict….” In v. 17 the Lord refers to himself in the third person.
- Isaiah 3:17 tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in v. 18 is אֲדֹנָי (ʾadonay).
- Isaiah 3:17 tn Heb “the daughters of Zion.”
- Isaiah 3:17 tn Or “a scab” (KJV, ASV); NIV, NCV, CEV “sores.”
- Isaiah 3:17 tn The precise meaning of this line is unclear because of the presence of the rare word פֹּת (pot). Since the verb in the line means “lay bare, make naked,” some take פֹּת as a reference to the genitals (cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV, CEV). (In 1 Kgs 7:50 a noun פֹּת appears, with the apparent meaning “socket.”) J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:139, n. 2), basing his argument on alleged Akkadian evidence and the parallelism of the verse, takes פֹּת as “forehead.”
- Isaiah 3:18 sn The translation assumes that the direct quotation ends with v. 17. The introductory formula “in that day” and the shift from a poetic to prosaic style indicate that a new speech unit begins in v. 18.
- Isaiah 3:18 tn Or “in that day” (KJV).
- Isaiah 3:18 tn Or “the beauty of [their] ankle jewelry.”
Isaiah 3:17-19
New International Version
Isaiah 3:17-19
King James Version
17 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.
18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
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