Isaiah 3

Isaiah · Chapter 3

Isaiah 3:17

1For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.6When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:7In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.9The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.12As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.14The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.16Moreover 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:17Therefore 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.18In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,19The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,20The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,21The rings, and nose jewels,22The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,23The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.24And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

King James Version (1769)

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

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and he will make scabbyוְשִׂפַּ֣חve-si-PACHH5596B
to scar

שִׂפַּח (si.pach) (Piel) to cause a scab upon, smite with scab

[the] Lordאֲדֹנָ֔י'a-do-NAIH0136
Lord

אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) Lord - a title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

scalp ofקָדְקֹ֖דka-de-KODH6936
crown

קׇדְקֹד (qod.qod) head, crown of head, top of head, hairy crown, scalp

[the] daughters ofבְּנ֣וֹתbe-NOTH1323G
daughter

בַּת (bat) : daughter 1) daughter 1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin 1a1) as polite address 1a2) as designation of women of a particular place 2) young women, women 1a3) as personification 1a4) daughter-villages 1a5) description of character Also means: bat (בַּת ": village" H1323H)

Zionצִיּ֑וֹןtzi-YONH6726
Zion

צִיּוֹן (tsiy.yon) Zion = "parched place" another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)

and Yahwehוַיהוָ֖הva-YAH-wehH3068G
Lord

אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) Lord - a title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

forehead theirפָּתְהֵ֥ןpa-te-HENH6596
hinge

פֹּת (pot) 1) sockets, hinges, secret parts (meaning uncertain) 1a) sockets 1b) secret parts

he will lay bareיְעָרֶֽה׃ סye-'a-REHH6168
to uncover

עָרָה (a.rah) 1) to be bare, be nude, uncover, leave destitute, discover, empty, raze, pour out 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to bare, lay bare 1a2) to lay bare by emptying, empty 1a3) to pour out 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to make naked, strip bare (of sexual offences) 1b2) to pour out 1c) (Niphal) to be poured out, be exposed 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to expose oneself, make oneself naked 1d2) pouring oneself, spreading oneself (participle)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.