Isaiah 3:16

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“The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—”

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“The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“Moreover 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:”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“`Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving <FI>with<Fi> the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 3:16 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
  2. Proverbs 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
  3. Proverbs 30:13There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
  4. Song of Solomon 3:11Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
  5. Isaiah 1:8And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
  6. Isaiah 3:18In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;
  7. Isaiah 4:4when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
  8. Isaiah 24:4The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
  9. Isaiah 32:9Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
  10. Ezekiel 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
  11. Zephaniah 3:11On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
  12. Matthew 21:5“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
  13. Luke 23:28But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

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