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Isaiah 3:24

Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.

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ASV

And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.

KJV

And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָה֩ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
תַ֨חַתTa.chatin place ofH8478 →
בֹּ֜שֶׂםBo.semperfumeH1314 →
מַ֣קmakrottennessH4716 →
יִֽהְיֶ֗הyih.Yehit will beH1961 →
וְתַ֨חַתve.Ta.chatand in place ofH8478 →
חֲגוֹרָ֤הcha.go.Raha beltH2290 →
נִקְפָּה֙nik.Paha ropeH5364 →
וְתַ֨חַתve.Ta.chatand in place ofH8478 →
מַעֲשֶׂ֤הma.'a.Seha workH4639 →
מִקְשֶׁה֙mik.Shehwell-set hairH4748 →
קָרְחָ֔הka.re.ChahbaldnessH7144 →
וְתַ֥חַתve.Ta.chatand in place ofH8478 →
פְּתִיגִ֖ילpe.ti.Gila robeH6614 →
מַחֲגֹ֣רֶתma.cha.Go.reta girding ofH4228 →
שָׂ֑קSaksackclothH8242 →
כִּי־ki-brandingH3587 →
תַ֖חַתTa.chatin place ofH8478 →
יֹֽפִי׃Yo.fibeautyH3308 →

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Lamentations 2:10The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.Ezekiel 27:31They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.Micah 1:16Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.Isaiah 15:3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.1 Peter 3:3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,Esther 2:12In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.Isaiah 32:9–11Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.Revelation 18:9Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.Leviticus 26:16then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.Isaiah 57:9You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.Deuteronomy 28:22The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.Job 16:15I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.Deuteronomy 32:24They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.Proverbs 31:24She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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