Isaiah 3:18-4:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 On that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;(A) 19 the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarfs; 20 the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;(B) 21 the signet rings and nose rings;(C) 22 the festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; 23 the garments of gauze, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.
24 Instead of perfume there will be a stench;
and instead of a sash, a rope;
and instead of well-styled hair, baldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a binding of sackcloth;
instead of beauty, shame.[a](D)
25 Your men shall fall by the sword
and your warriors in battle.(E)
26 And her gates shall lament and mourn;
desolate, she shall sit upon the ground.(F)
4 Seven women shall take hold of one man on that day, saying,
“We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes;
just let us be called by your name;
take away our disgrace.”(G)
The Future Glory of the Survivors in Zion
2 On that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel.(H) 3 Whoever is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem,(I) 4 once the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.(J) 5 Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over its places of assembly a cloud by day and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night. Indeed, over all the glory there will be a canopy.(K) 6 It will serve as a pavilion, a shade by day from the heat and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.(L)
Footnotes
- 3.24 Q ms: MT lacks shame
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