Isaiah 3:16–4:1

¹⁶‘Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving with the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling, ¹⁷The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth. ¹⁸In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons, ¹⁹Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, ²⁰Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets, ²¹Of the seals, and of the nose-rings, ²²Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses, ²³Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails, ²⁴And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth. ²⁵For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle. ²⁶And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!

Chapter 4

¹And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, ‘Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou our reproach.’