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Isaiah 3 · a question people ask

"the earrings, the bracelets, the veils" (3:19). Is the chapter giving a rule about what to wear?

In the text

The chapter doesn't give a command about what anyone should wear. It names its reason in the LORD's words: "Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant" (3:16). Then it says what "the Lord will take away" in that day (3:18), and lists it (3:18-23). The chapter's judgments fall on Jerusalem and Judah (3:1, 3:8), on the elders and leaders (3:14), on the daughters of Zion (3:16-24), and on "Your men" (3:25). These notes apply nothing in the list to anyone's dress today, and pass no verdict on anyone.

The verses

“For, behold, the Lord, GOD of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;”
Isaiah 3:1 · World English Bible
“For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.”
Isaiah 3:8 · World English Bible
“The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their leaders: “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.”
Isaiah 3:14 · World English Bible

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Isaiah 3: Supply and support

In Hebrew, "takes away" (3:1) and "will take away" (3:18) are one verb, sur; the man who says "I will not be a healer" (3:7) refuses to bind up, the verb of the LORD who "binds up the fracture of his people" (30:26); and 3:24's "instead of" is the word of "a garland for ashes" (61:3).

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