Isaiah 3:17 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
16Moreover 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:
17Therefore 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.
18In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
19The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
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Related Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:5-6
Paul discusses the importance of modesty, contrasting with the behavior described in Isaiah.
Isaiah 47:2
Both verses depict humiliation as a consequence of pride.
James 4:6
James states that God opposes the proud, similar to the judgment in Isaiah.
Source: Isaiah 3:17