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Isaiah 3:17

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3:17So43 the sovereign master44 will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women45 with skin diseases,46

the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.”47

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  1. 43 In the Hebrew text vv. 16–17 and one long sentence, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud and walk …, the sovereign master will afflict.…” In v. 17 the Lord refers to himself in the third person.
  2. 44 The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in v. 18 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
  3. 45 Heb “the daughters of Zion.”
  4. 46 Or “a scab” (, ); , , “sores.”
  5. 47 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. , , , ). (In 1 Kgs 7:50 a noun פֹּת appears, with the apparent meaning “socket.”) J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [], 1:, n. 2), basing his argument on alleged Akkadian evidence and the parallelism of the verse, takes פֹּת as “forehead.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

therefore the Lord will strike with a scab

the heads of the daughters of Zion,

and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;

the Lord will make their scalps bald.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

the Lord will put scabs on the heads

of the daughters of Zion,

and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.

NLTNew Living Translation

So the Lord will send scabs on her head;

the Lord will make beautiful Zion bald.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

the Lord will make the heads of the daughters of Zion scabby,

and Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.