Isaiah 3:16 “The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walkin…”

Isaiah 3:16

The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

World English Bible

Moreover the LORD said, “Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking daintily as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;

American Standard Version

Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord also saith, Because the daughters of Zion are hautie, and walke with stretched out neckes, and with wandering eyes, walking and minsing as they goe, and making a tinkeling with their feete,

Darby Translation

And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet;

Young's Literal Translation

'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,

Bible in Basic English

Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:

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Cross references

“the daughters”

Isaiah 4:4 Luke 23:28 Isaiah 1:8 Matthew 21:5

Isaiah 4:4 · BSB

when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.

Luke 23:28 · BSB

But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Isaiah 1:8 · BSB

And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.

Matthew 21:5 · BSB

“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

“are haughty”

Isaiah 32:9–11 Proverbs 30:13 Isaiah 24:4 Proverbs 16:18 Zephaniah 3:11 Ezekiel 16:49

Isaiah 32:9–11 · BSB

Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

Proverbs 30:13 · BSB

There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—

Isaiah 24:4 · BSB

The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

Proverbs 16:18 · BSB

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Zephaniah 3:11 · BSB

On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My h…

Ezekiel 16:49 · BSB

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

Also

Isaiah 3:18 Song of Solomon 3:11

Isaiah 3:18 · BSB

In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

Song of Solomon 3:11 · BSB

Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

17the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare. ”

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