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Isaiah 3:24-26
The Message
Isaiah 3:24-26
The Message
24 Instead of wearing seductive scents,
these women are going to smell like rotting cabbages;
Instead of modeling flowing gowns,
they’ll be sporting rags;
Instead of their stylish hairdos,
scruffy heads;
Instead of beauty marks,
scabs and scars.
25-26 Your finest fighting men will be killed,
your soldiers left dead on the battlefield.
The entrance gate to Zion will be clotted
with people mourning their dead—
A city stooped under the weight of her loss,
brought to her knees by her sorrows.
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Isaiah 3:24-26
New International Version
Isaiah 3:24-26
New International Version
24 Instead of fragrance(A) there will be a stench;(B)
instead of a sash,(C) a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;(D)
instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;(E)
instead of beauty,(F) branding.(G)
25 Your men will fall by the sword,(H)
your warriors in battle.(I)
26 The gates(J) of Zion will lament and mourn;(K)
destitute,(L) she will sit on the ground.(M)
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