Isaiah 3:20

The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, BONNETS - tiaras, or turbans. ORNAMENTS OF THE LEGS - the short stepping chains from one foot to another, to give a measured gait; attached to the "tinkling ornaments" (Isaiah 3:16). TABLETS - rather, houses of the breath, i:e., smelling-boxes (Vulgate). EARRINGS - rather, amulets suspended from the neck or ears, with magic formulae inscribed; the root means to whisper or conjure (Hebrew, lªchaashiym (H3908), from laachash (H3907)): cf. note, Isaiah 3:3, "t...

16-26 The prophet reproves and warns the daughters of Zion of the sufferings coming upon them. Let them know that God notices the folly and vanity of proud women, even of their dress. The punishments threatened answered the sin. Loathsome diseases often are the just punishment of pride. It is not material to ask what sort of ornaments they wore; many of these things, if they had not been in fashion, would have been ridiculed then as now. Their fashions differed much from those of our times, but human nature is the same. Wasting time and money, to the neglect of piety, charity, and even of justice, displease the Lord. Many professors at the present day, seem to think there is no harm in worldly finery; but were it not a great evil, would the Holy Spirit have taught the prophet to expose it so fully? The Jews being overcome, Jerusalem would be levelled with the ground; which is represente...

Verse Isaiah 3:20. _THE TABLETS_] The words בתי הנפש _bottey hannephesh_, which we translate _tablets_, and Bishop _Lowth, perfume boxes_, literally signify _houses of the soul_; and may refer to strong-scented bottles used for pleasure and against fainting; similar to bottles with _otto of roses_, worn by the ladies of the East to the present time....

THE BONNETS - The “tiara, head-dress, or turban.” The word comes from the verb “to adorn.” The “turban” is almost universally worn in the East. It was worn by the priests, Exodus 39:28; by the bridegroom, Isaiah 61:10; Ezekiel 24:17; and by women. Its form is well known. AND THE ORNAMENTS FOR THE LEGS - The word used here is derived from a verb signifying “to walk, to go,” particularly to walk in a stately and formal manner - with a measured step, הצעדות _hats__e__‛ādôth_, from צעד _tsâ‛ad_; and thus refers to a proud and lofty gait. The “ornament” which is h

EXPOSITION ISAIAH 3:1 GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON JERUSALEM. The general denunciations against Israel of the two preceding chapters are here turned especially against Jerusalem. God will deprive her of all her superior and more honorable classes (Isaiah 3:1); and will give her "children" for her rulers (Isaiah 3:4). There will be continued oppression, and the rise of an insolent and undutiful spirit (Isaiah 3:5). Those fit to bear rule will refuse to do so (Isaiah 3:6,...

THE BONNETS,.... This word is used sometimes for the tire of the heads of men, Ezekiel 24:17 and even for the bonnets of the priests, Exodus 39:28. The Targum renders the word "crowns"; the Jewish women wore golden crowns on their heads, in the form of the city of Jerusalem, with which they might not go out on a sabbath day b: AND THE ORNAMENTS OF THE LEGS; and so the Targum, "the chains or bracelets of the feet;'' with which Jarchi and Kimchi agree; but the word is used for a bracelet on the arm in 2 Samuel 1:10 and Aben Ezra so interprets it here: AND THE HEADBANDS: the, word is rendered "attire" in...

CHAPTER 3 Judgments upon the Rulers and the Daughters Of Zion 1. _The judgment against the rulers (Isaiah 3:1)_ 2. _Jerusalem's sad condition (Isaiah 3:8)_ 3. _Jehovah's message (Isaiah 3:10)_ 4. _The worldliness of the daughters of Zion (Isaiah 3:16)_ 5. _Their humiliation in judgment (Isaiah 3:24; Isaiah 4:1)_ This chapter describes the corrupt conditions among the professing people of God in Isaiah's day. A similar corruption and worldliness pr

ISAIAH 3:16 TO ISAIAH 4:1. THE LUXURIOUS LADIES OF JERUSALEM AND THEIR DOOM. As Amos attacked the women of Samaria for their luxury, made possible through the oppression of the poor (Amos 4:1), so Isaiah assails the luxury and haughtiness of the women. These West-end ladies, disdainful and affected, walking with short mincing steps, ogling the men with wanton glances, tinkling with their step-chains and making a clanging sound as they struck their ankle-rings together, will be smitten with leprous scab in their scalps, and be stripped bare of their finery. They will then offer a hideous contrast to their present magnificence for perfume the stench of scabs, the rope of captivity for the girdle, baldness of mourning ...

BONNETS. headdress. Hebrew. _pe'er._ Not therefore peculiar to the "latter" portion of Isaiah (Isaiah 61:10) as alleged. ORNAMENTS. anklets. HEADBANDS. girdles. Compare Isaiah 49:18. TABLETS. scent bottles. Hebrew houses of the soul; _nephesh,_ used in the sense of breath. EARRINGS. amulets....

IN THAT DAY THE LORD WILL TAKE AWAY, &C.— _In that day will the Lord take from them the ornaments, of the feet-rings, and the net-works, and the crescents; the pendents, and the bracelets, and the thin veils; the tires, and the setters, and the zones, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets; the rings, and the jewels of the nostril; the embroidered robes, and the tunics; and the cloaks, and the little purses; the transparent garments, and the fine linen vests; and the turbans, and the mantles: and there shall be, instead of perfume, a putrid ulcer; and, instead of well-girt raiment, rags; and, instead of a zone, a girdle of sackcloth: a sun-burnt skin, instead of beauty._ Lowth. Instead of _a rent,_ Isaiah 3:24, the LXX read _a rope._ All this intimates, that they should be reduced, from the most exalted and opulent, to the most abject and servile state. They who would see the