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Isaiah 3:18

In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,

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  • WEB World English Bible

    In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,

  • KJV King James Version

    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,

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the fillets, and the crescents;

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Isaiah 3:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Judges 8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “You rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’ necks.
  • Judges 8:26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, in addition to the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

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Explain this verse (14 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 3:18 In that day the Lord will take…

Isa 3:18 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,

Ver. 18. The Lord will take away the bravery.] All the following bravery; for the prophet as punctually and particularly threateneth all down, as if he had lately seen the ladies’ wardrobes in Jerusalem. And if this vanity of gallantry be so blameworthy in a woman, who is naturally ζωον φιλοκοσμον, addicted to fine attire, how much more in a man, who shall turn lands into laces, and embroider his cloak with woods and parks and lordships, lining it, haply, with obligations and bonds and statutes?

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Of their tinkling ornaments, &c.] Here and in the following verses we have an inventory of the ladies’ gallantry, such as made the mighty men fall in the war. {Isa 3:25-26} This was the fruit of their twinkling eyes and tinkling ornaments. Vatablus saith that the Spanish women did wear bells about their heels when they danced.

And the round tires like the moon.] Lunata monilia crescent shaped collars - Statius.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Cauls: as for this and the other Hebrew words…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain In that day the Lord will take away the…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Cauls - It is agreed by all, that this…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. Ornaments about their feet - "The ornaments…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Isa 3:18. In that day the Lord, &c. —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain In that day - That is, in the time…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Of shoes. Hebrew, "gold tissue," Psalm xliv. 14. This…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain bravery--the finery.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18, 19. In that day — The day of…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. tinkling ornaments about their feet] anklets, see on…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) Tinkling ornaments.—These were anklets, i.e., rings of metal,…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet;…
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