Isaiah 3:24

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Then, there will be instead of perfume, a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, a shaved scalp; instead of a rich robe, a sackcloth skirt; and a slave-brand instead of beauty.

Berean Standard Bible:

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.

American Standard Version:

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 with Strong’s Numbers:

And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell{H1314} there shall be stink{H4716}; and instead of a girdle{H2290} a rent{H5364}; and instead of well set{H4639} hair{H4748} baldness{H7144}; and instead of a stomacher{H6614} a girding{H4228} of sackcloth{H8242}; and burning{H3587} instead of beauty{H3308}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Ezekiel 27:31

  • And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart [and] bitter wailing.

Lamentations 2:10

  • ¶ The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, [and] keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Micah 1:16

  • Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Isaiah 22:12

  • And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Isaiah 15:3

  • In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

Esther 2:12

  • Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with [other] things for the purifying of the women;)

1 Peter 3:3

  • Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

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Commentary for Isaiah 3:24

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H1314
    There are 25 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בֶּשֶׂם
    Transliteration: besem
    Pronunciation: beh'-sem
    Description: or בֹּשֶׂם; from the same as בָּשָׂם; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant; smell, spice, sweet (odour).
  2. Strong's Number: H4716
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַק
    Transliteration: maq
    Pronunciation: mak
    Description: from מָקַק; properly, a melting, i.e. putridity; rottenness, stink.
  3. Strong's Number: H2290
    There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֲגוֹר
    Transliteration: chăgôwr
    Pronunciation: khag-ore'
    Description: or חֲגֹר; and (feminine) חֲגוֹרָה; or חֲגֹרָה; from חָגַר; a belt (for the waist); apron, armour, gird(-le).
  4. Strong's Number: H5364
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נִקְפָּה
    Transliteration: niqpâh
    Pronunciation: nik-paw'
    Description: from נָקַף; probably a rope (as encircling); rent.
  5. Strong's Number: H4639
    There are 221 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה
    Transliteration: maʻăseh
    Pronunciation: mah-as-eh'
    Description: from עָשָׂה; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property; act, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.
  6. Strong's Number: H4748
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִקְשֶׁה
    Transliteration: miqsheh
    Pronunciation: mik-sheh'
    Description: from קָשָׁה in the sense of knotting up round and hard; something turned (rounded), i.e. a curl (of tresses); [idiom] well (set) hair.
  7. Strong's Number: H7144
    There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קׇרְחָה
    Transliteration: qorchâh
    Pronunciation: kor-khaw'
    Description: or קׇרְחָא; (Ezekiel 27:31), from קָרַח; baldness; bald(-ness), [idiom] utterly.
  8. Strong's Number: H6614
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פְּתִיגִיל
    Transliteration: pᵉthîygîyl
    Pronunciation: peth-eeg-eel'
    Description: of uncertain derivation; probably a figured mantle forholidays; stomacher.
  9. Strong's Number: H4228
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַחֲגֹרֶת
    Transliteration: machăgôreth
    Pronunciation: makh-ag-o'-reth
    Description: from חָגַר; a girdle; girding.
  10. Strong's Number: H8242
    There are 46 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שַׂק
    Transliteration: saq
    Pronunciation: sak
    Description: from שָׁקַק; properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.); sack(-cloth, -clothes).
  11. Strong's Number: H3587
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כִּי
    Transliteration: kîy
    Pronunciation: kee
    Description: from כָּוָה; a brand or scar; burning.
  12. Strong's Number: H3308
    There are 19 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יֳפִי
    Transliteration: yŏphîy
    Pronunciation: yof-ee'
    Description: from יָפָה; beauty; beauty.