Isaiah 3:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

Isaiah 3:20 —

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Exodus 39:28
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
Hosea 2:13
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 16:12
And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
Genesis 35:4
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
Exodus 32:2
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

Topics

Ambition Arrogance Bonnet Clothing Conceit Dowry Dress Ear-Ring

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-26)

The prophet’s business was to show all sorts of people what they had contributed to the national guilt and what share they must expect in the national judgments that were coming. Here he reproves and warns the daughters of Zion, tells the ladies of their faults; and Moses, in the law, having denounced God’s wrath against the tender and delicate woman (the prophets being a comment upon the law, Deu…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. bonnets--turbans. ornaments of the legs--the short stepping-chains from one foot to another, to give a measured gait; attached to the “tinkling ornaments” (Is 3:16). headbands--literally, “girdles.” tablets--rather, “houses of the breath,” that is, smelling boxes [Vulgate]. earrings--rather, amulets suspended from the neck or ears, with magic formulæ inscribed; the root means to “whisper” or “…