Isaiah 3:16–4:1

The Pride of Jerusalem’s Women

¹⁶And Yahweh said: “Because^h the daughters of Zion are haughty,

and they walk with outstretched neck,

and they give flirting glances with their eyes,

mincing along as they go,ⁱ

and with their feet they rattle their bangles,^j

¹⁷the Lord will make the heads^k of the daughters of Zion scabby,

and Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare.”

¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets

and the headbands and the crescent necklaces,

¹⁹the pendants and the bracelets and the veils,

²⁰the headdresses and the armlets and the sashes,

and the perfume boxes^l and the amulets,

²¹the signet rings and the nose rings,

²²the festal robes and the mantles,

and the cloaks and the handbags,

²³and the mirrors and the linen garments,

and the turbans and the wraps.

²⁴And this shall happen: There will be

a stench instead of perfume,

and a rope instead of a sash,

and baldness instead of a well-set hairdo,

and a clothing wrap of sackcloth instead of a rich robe,

branding instead of beauty.

²⁵Your men shall fall by the sword,

and your warriors in battle.

²⁶And her^m gates shall lament and mourn,

and she shall be banished;

she shall sit upon the ground.

4And seven women shall grasp at one man on that day, saying,

“We will eat our own bread,

and we will wear our own clothing;

only let us be called by your name!^a

Take away our disgrace!”