Isaiah 3:24 — Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink.
She will wear a rope for… — NLT | maBible
Read Isaiah 3:24 (New Living Translation) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Isaiah 3.24, Isaiah 3v24, Es. 3:24. Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink.
She will wear a rope for a sash,
and her elegant hair will fall out.
She will wear rough burlap instead of rich…
Other reference formats: Isaiah 3.24, Isaiah 3v24, Es. 3:24.
24 Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink.
She will wear a rope for a sash,
and her elegant hair will fall out.
She will wear rough burlap instead of rich robes.
Shame will replace her beauty.
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
As in Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text reads robes / because instead of beauty.