Isaiah 3:16

¶ Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing [as] they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

Moreover the LORD {H3068} saith {H559}, Because {H3282} the daughters {H1323} of Zion {H6726} are haughty {H1361}, and walk {H3212} with stretched forth {H5186} necks {H1627} and wanton {H8265} eyes {H5869}, walking {H1980} and mincing {H2952} as they go {H3212}, and making a tinkling {H5913} with their feet {H7272}:

Moreover ADONAI says: "Because Tziyon's women are so proud, walking with their heads in the air and throwing seductive glances, moving with mincing steps and jingling their anklets

The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 16:49 (6 votes)

    Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

  • Ezekiel 16:50 (6 votes)

    And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].

  • Isaiah 32:9 (6 votes)

    ¶ Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

  • Isaiah 32:11 (6 votes)

    Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] upon [your] loins.

  • Isaiah 4:4 (5 votes)

    When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

  • Song Of Solomon 3:11 (4 votes)

    Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

  • Matthew 21:5 (4 votes)

    Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.