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Isaiah 3:18
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On that day the Lord will strip their finery: ankle bracelets, headbands, crescents,
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,
In 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,
In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;
On that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments,
At that time the Lord will take away everything that makes them proud: their beautiful ankle bracelets, their headbands, their necklaces shaped like the moon,
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, [braided] caps, crescent [head] ornaments,
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,
In that day the Lord will remove the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments,
In that day the Lord will take away the finery of their anklets and headbands and crescents,
When that day comes, I will take away from those women all the fine jewelry they wear on their ankles, heads, necks, ears, arms, noses, fingers, and on their clothes. I will remove their veils, their belts, their perfume, their magic charms, their royal robes, and all their fancy dresses, hats, and purses.
On that day Adonai will take away their finery — their anklets, medallions and crescents,
In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,
Then the Lord will take away everything they are proud of: the beautiful ankle bracelets, the necklaces that look like the sun and the moon,
In that day the LORD will take away the beauty of their apparel;
A day is coming when the Lord will take away from the women of Jerusalem everything they are so proud of—the ornaments they wear on their ankles, on their heads, on their necks,
In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets and the headbands and the crescent necklaces,
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of the ankle bracelets, and the headbands, and the crescents,
In that daye shal the LORDE take awaye the gorgiousnes of their apparel, and spanges, cheynes, partlettes,
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;
In that day the Lord will take away the glory of their foot-rings, and their sun-jewels, and their moon-ornaments,
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the fillets, and the crescents;
In that day the Lord will take away the brauery of their tinckling ornaments about their feete, and their caules, and their round tyres like the Moone.
In that day shall the Lord take away the gorgiousnesse of the attire about their feete, & the caules, and the rounde tires [after the fashion of the moone.]
and the Lord will take away the glory of their raiment, the curls and the fringes, and the crescents,
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;
In that dai the Lord schal take awei the ournement of schoon, and goldun litle bellis lijk the moone,
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;
In that day the Lord will take away the show of [their] tinkling ornaments [about their feet], and [their] cauls, and [their] round tires like the moon.
At that time the sovereign master will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, neck ornaments, crescent shaped ornaments,
In that day the Lord will take away the finery: The jingling anklets, the scarves, and the crescents;
On that day of judgment the Lord will strip away everything that makes her beautiful: ornaments, headbands, crescent necklaces,
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their ankle chains, headbands, moon-like objects,
In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;
In that day, will My Lord remove the finery - of the anklets, and the little suns and the little moons;
In that day the Lord will take away the ornaments of shoes, and little moons,
In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;
In 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,
The time is coming when the Master will strip them of their fancy baubles—the dangling earrings, anklets and bracelets, combs and mirrors and silk scarves, diamond brooches and pearl necklaces, the rings on their fingers and the rings on their toes, the latest fashions in hats, exotic perfumes and aphrodisiacs, gowns and capes, all the world's finest in fabrics and design.
In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
tinkling ornaments: Isaiah 3:16
cauls: or, networks, Shevisim probably the rich embroidered kerchiefs used to bind on their caps on the head, described by Lady M. W. Montague, Let. 32.
round tires: Judges 8:21, *marg.
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:30 - tired Esther 2:3 - their things Song of Solomon 1:10 - thy cheeks Ezekiel 23:40 - and deckedst Hosea 2:9 - take Zephaniah 1:8 - strange 1 Timothy 2:9 - not 1 Peter 3:3 - that
Cross-References
Then the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattell, and aboue euery beast of the fielde: vpon thy belly shalt thou goe, and dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life.
I wil also put enimitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seede & her seede. He shall breake thine head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.
Knowe ye for certaine, that the Lord your God will cast out no more of these nations from before you: but they shall be a snare and destruction vnto you, and a whip on your sides, and thornes in your eyes, vntill ye perish out of this good land, which ye Lord your God hath giue you.
And sayd, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the Lord hath giuen, and the Lord hath taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.
The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.
Let thistles growe in steade of wheate, and cockle in the stead of Barley. The wordes of Iob are ended.
Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.
Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.
Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.
And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of [their] tinkling ornaments [about their feet],.... With which they made a tinkling as they went, Isaiah 3:16 it being about the shoe, and made a noise; or seeing the word used signifies "stocks", and is so rendered Proverbs 7:22, it may design some sort of attire about the feet, as golden chains, as the Talmudists say t, which being fastened to both, directed their motion in walking, and prevented them taking too large steps: or rather these may intend some ornaments of the feet, used by the eastern nations; which, according to Golius, as related by De Dieu on the place, were plates of gold, one or two fingers broad, and sometimes four, which were put about the ankles of infants of rich families; not to make a tinkling, nor to direct their walk, but for ornament, and to distinguish them from the meaner sort. The Targum renders it, "the ornament of the shoes"; these were put about the place where the shoes were tied; and in the Talmud u the word is explained by קורדיקייה, "shoes"; which the gloss interprets of wooden shoes: the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, are, "the ornament of their clothing"; as if this was the general name for the particulars that follow:
and [their] cauls: the attire of the head, of network: the word is used in the Misnah v for the ornament of cauls; which was, as one of their commentators w says, a picture made upon the caul for ornament; it was placed upon the forehead, and reached from ear to ear; and it was made by itself, so that it might be removed, and put upon another caul. Under these cauls they plaited their hair; hence the Septuagint render the word "the plaiting and the curls"; and to the same purpose the Syriac and Arabic versions.
And [their] round tires like the moon; these were not tires for the head, as our version suggests; much less were they clasps, buckles, or strings for the shoes, in the form of a half moon; such as were the "lunuloe" which the Roman senators had on their feet, to distinguish them from the common people; and were used by Evander and the Arcadians, to show that they sprung from the moon; which custom the noblemen of Rome followed; and some say x they put them under their feet, see Revelation 12:1 but these were ornaments wore about the necks, such as those which were found upon the necks of the kings of Midian, and even upon the necks of their camels, Judges 8:21 where the same word is used as here; they were no other than bracelets, necklaces, or golden chains, in the form of the moon; and the word is in the Talmud y rendered עונקייה, "chains". See also footnote z.
t T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 63. 2. Maimon. in Misn. Sabbat, c. 6. sect. 4. u T. Hieros. Sabbat, fol. 8. 2. v Misn. Sabbat, c. 28. sect. 10. & Negaim, c. 11. sect. 11. w Bartenora in Misn. Sabbat, ib. x Vid. Scacch, Sacrer. Eleaochr. Myrothec. 1. c. 49. col. 248. y T. Hieros. Sabbat, fol. 8. 2. z Vid. Bynaeus de Calceis Heb. l. 1. c. 9.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In that day - That is, in the time when he would inflict this exemplary punishment on them - probably the calamitous times of the Babylonian captivity.
The Lord will take away - By the agents that he shall choose to employ in this work. - The prophet proceeds to specify the various ornaments that composed the female apparel in his time. It is not easy to describe them particularly, nor is it necessary. The “general” meaning of the passage is plain: and it is clear from this, that they greatly abounded in ornaments.
The bravery - This word “we” apply to valor or courage. The word here used, however, meaus “ornament, adorning,” or “glory.”
Of their tinkling ornaments - This is the same word which is used in Isaiah 3:16, and refers to the chains or clasps with which they ornamented their feet and ankles, and which made a tinkling noise as they walked.
And their cauls - Margin, ‘net-works.’ The Septuagint is the same. It is commonly supposed to mean “caps of net-work” worn on the head. According to others, the word refers to small “suns” or “spangles” worn on the hair, answering to the following word “moons.” ‘The caul is a strap, or girdle, about four inches long, which is placed on the top of the head, and which extends to the brow, in a line with the nose. The one I have examined is made of gold, and has many joints; it contains forty-five rubies, and nine pearls, which give it a net-work appearance.’ - “Roberts.”
Their round tires like the moon - Hebrew “moons.” This refers to small ornaments in the shape of crescents, or half-moons, commonly worn on the neck. They were also sometimes worn by men, and even by camels; Judges 8:21 (margin), Judges 8:26. It is probable that these ornaments might originally have had some reference to the moon as an object of worship, but it does not appear that they were so worn by the females of Judea - They are still worn by the females of Arabia. - “Rosenmuller.” Roberts says of such ornaments in India, ‘The crescent is worn by Parvati and Siva, from whom proceed the lingam, and the principal impurities of the system. No dancing girl is in full dress without her round tires like the moon.’ This ornament is still found under the name of “chumarah.” ‘The chumarah, which signifies moon, is a splendid ornament worn by the women of western Asia in front of their head-dresses. It is usually made of gold, set with precious stones and pearls. They are sometimes made of the crescent form, but the most common are such as the engraving represents. They often have Arabic characters inscribed upon them, and sometimes a sentence from the Koran is used by the Mahometan women of Arabia Felix.’
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 3:18. Ornaments about their feet - "The ornaments of the feet rings"] The late learned Dr. Hunt, professor of Hebrew and Arabic in the University of Oxford, has very well explained the word עכס both verb and noun, in his very ingenious Dissertation on Proverbs 7:22-23. The verb means to skip, to bound, to dance along; and the noun, those ornaments of the feet which the Eastern ladies wore; chains or rings, which made a tinkling sound as they moved nimbly in walking. Eugene Roger, Description de la Terre Sainte, Liv. ii. ch. 2, speaking of the Arabian women, of the first rank in Palestine, says, - "Au lieu de brasselets elles ont de menottes d'argent, qu'elles portent aux poignets et aux pieds; ou sont attachez quantite de petits annelets d'argent, qui font un cliquetis comme d'une cymbale, lorsqu'elles cheminent ou se mouvent quelque peu." See Dr. Hunt's Dissertation; where he produces other testimonies to the same purpose from authors of travels. Hindoo women of ill fame wear loose ornaments one above another on their ankles, which at every motion make a tinkling noise. See WARD.
And their cauls - "the net-works"] I am obliged to differ from the learned Schroederus almost at first setting out. He renders the word שביסים shebisim by soliculi, little ornaments, bullae, or studs, in shape representing the sun, and so answering to the following word שהרנים saharonim, lunulae, crescents. He supposes the word to be the same with שמישים shemishim, the י yod in the second syllable making the word diminutive, and the letter מ mem being changed for ב beth, a letter of the same organ. How just and well founded his authorities for the transmutation of these letters in the Arabic language are, I cannot pretend to judge; but as I know of no such instance in Hebrew, it seems to me a very forced etymology. Being dissatisfied with this account of the matter, I applied to my good friend above mentioned, the late Dr. Hunt, who very kindly returned the following answer to my inquiries: -
"I have consulted the Arabic Lexicons, as well MS. as printed, but cannot find שביסים shebisim in any of them, nor any thing belonging to it; so that no help is to be had from that language towards clearing up the meaning of this difficult word. But what the Arabic denies, the Syriac perhaps may afford; in which I find the verb שבש shabas, to entangle or interweave, an etymology which is equally favourable to our marginal translation, net-works, with שבץ shabats, to make chequer work, or embroider, (the word by which Kimchi and others have explained שביס shabis;) and has moreover this advantage over it, that the letters ש sin and ס samech are very frequently put for each other, but צ tsaddi and ס samech scarcely ever. Aben Ezra joins שביסים shebisim and עכסים achasim, which immediately precedes it, together; and says that שביס shabis was the ornament of the legs, as עכס eches was of the feet. His words are, שביס תכשיט של שוקים כמו עכס של רגלים - L."
