Isaiah 3:24 — What will happen is that instead of smelling of perfume, she will stink. Instea… — FBV | maBible

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24 What will happen is that instead of smelling of perfume, she will stink. Instead of a wearing a sash, she will be tied with a rope. Instead of styled hair, she will be bald. Instead of fine clothes, she will wear sackcloth. Instead of looking beautiful, she will be shamed.

Passage themes

Luxury overturned — instead of sweet smell there shall be stink
Shaved in mourning — instead of well set hair baldness
The sackcloth of mourning — instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth
The burning of judgment — burning instead of beauty

Notes and references

“Shamed”: Dead Sea Scroll reading rather than the often assumed reading of “branded.”

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