Isaiah 3:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.””
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“the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 3:17 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 13:29If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
- Leviticus 13:43The 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,
- Deuteronomy 28:27The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
- Isaiah 20:4so 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.
- Isaiah 47:2Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
- Isaiah 47:3Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
- Jeremiah 13:22And 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.
- Ezekiel 16:36This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
- Ezekiel 23:25And 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 will be consumed by fire.
- Micah 1:11Depart 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.
- Nahum 3:5“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.
- Revelation 16:2So 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.
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