Isaiah 3:17 “the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and t…”

Isaiah 3:17

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King 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.

World English Bible

therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and the LORD will make their scalps bald.”

American Standard Version

therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore shall the Lord make the heades of the daughters of Zion balde, and the Lord shall discouer their secrete partes.

Darby Translation

therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.

Young's Literal Translation

The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord will send disease on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will let their secret parts be seen.

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Cross references

“smite”

Revelation 16:2 Deuteronomy 28:27 Leviticus 13:29 Leviticus 13:30 Leviticus 13:43 Leviticus 13:44

Revelation 16:2 · BSB

So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

Deuteronomy 28:27 · BSB

The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.

Leviticus 13:29 · BSB

If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,

Leviticus 13:30 · BSB

the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head…

Leviticus 13:43 · BSB

The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white like a skin disease,

Leviticus 13:44 · BSB

the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.

“discover”

Jeremiah 13:22 Isaiah 20:4 Micah 1:11 Ezekiel 23:25–29 Nahum 3:5 Isaiah 47:2

Jeremiah 13:22 · BSB

And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.

Isaiah 20:4 · BSB

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

Micah 1:11 · BSB

Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.

Ezekiel 23:25–29 · BSB

And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant…

Nahum 3:5 · BSB

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.

Isaiah 47:2 · BSB

Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

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

In context

16The 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—

18In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

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