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23 mirrors, fine linen garments,
    head ornaments, and shawls.

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.[a]
25 The men of the city will be killed with the sword,
    and her warriors will die in battle.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:24 As in Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text reads robes / because instead of beauty.

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