Isaiah 3:17

17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the LORD will make their scalps bald.”

Isaiah 3:17 in Other Translations

17 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.

17 therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.

17 So the Lord will send scabs on her head; the LORD will make beautiful Zion bald.”

17 The Master will fix it so those Zion women will all turn bald - Scabby, bald-headed women. The Master will do it.

17 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.

17 The Lord will cause sores [to appear] on the heads of the women of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.

17 the Lord will put scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.

17 So I will put sores on the heads of Zion's women. And I will remove the hair from their heads."

Isaiah 3:17 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 3:17

Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the
head of the daughters of Zion
This is opposed to the lifting up of their heads in that haughty manner they did, and to the binding, and plaiting, and curling of their hair, which now will fall off, through the scab or leprosy upon them, or must be obliged to be shaven off. And the Lord will discover their secret parts;
the Vulgate Latin renders it, "their hair", which is their glory, ( 1 Corinthians 11:6 ) . The Targum is, "and the Lord shall take away their glory". The Syriac and Arabic versions render it "their sex", that which distinguishes their sex; of which Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret it; than which nothing could be more distressing and intolerable, being worse than baldness of the head, and yet common with captives; and the Septuagint render it "their habit": the meaning is, they shall be stripped of their fine apparel, and be clothed in rags, so that their nakedness shall be seen. An enumeration of the several particulars follows.

Isaiah 3:17 In-Context

15 What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

16 The LORD says, “The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles.

17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the LORD will make their scalps bald.”

18 In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,

19 the earrings and bracelets and veils,

Cross References

• 1. ver 24; Ezekiel 27:31; Amos 8:10