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.
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.
¶ 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.
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.
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;)
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)
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).
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.