Isaías 3

Isaías 3:16-23

MacArthur observes that… When women cultivate beauty for beauty’s sake, they thereby reflect the moral decay of the nations and detract from the glory of God. Rather than emphasizing outward apparel and activities (Is 3:16-24), ladies should cultivate the beauty of the inner person (1Ti 2:9,10; 1Pe 3:3,4). (MacArthur, J.: The MacArthur Study Bible Nashville: Word) Isaiah 3:17 Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the LORD will make their foreheads bare." (NASB: Lockman) English Translation of the Greek (Septuagint): therefore the Lord will humble the chief daughters of Sion, and the Lord will expose their form in that day; Amplified: Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the heads of the daughters of Zion [making them bald], and the Lord will cause them to be [taken as captives and to suffer the indignity of being] stripped naked. (Amplified Bible - Lockman) KJV: 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. NET: So the sovereign master will afflict the foreheads of Zion's women with skin diseases, the LORD will make the front of their heads bald." (NET Bible) NJB: the Lord will give Zion's daughters scabby heads, Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare. (NJB) NLT: The Lord will send a plague of scabs to ornament their heads. Yes, the LORD will make them bald for all to see! 18 The Lord will strip away their artful beauty--their ornaments, headbands, and crescent necklaces; (NLT - Tyndale House) Young's Literal: The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth. Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare: Afflict - Leviticus 13:29,30,43,44; Deuteronomy 28:27; Revelation 16:2 make naked - Is 20:4; 47:2,3; Jeremiah 13:22; Ezekiel 16:36,37; 23:25, 26, 27, 28, 29; Micah 1:11; Nahum 3:5 Isaiah 3 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Solomon's proverb applies… Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before stumbling. (Pr 16:18) The Lord (0136) (adon) means the one who is master, is often used in place of Yahweh which many Jews felt was too holy to utter, and emphasizes the supreme authority or absolute mastery of God over all things, animate and inanimate. Will afflict the scalp - There is no reason to not interpret this prophecy of future judgment literally. It is certainly a horrible picture and the antithesis of their ostentatious, pomposity described look in Is 3:16! Scabs - These are characterized by a crust of hardened blood and serum over a wound. Scabs in place of beauty. They held their heads high, so fittingly it would be their heads that would be so severely affected by God's judgment.