Isaiah 3:23-26

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^18-23The time is coming when the Master will strip them of their fancy baubles—the dangling earrings, anklets and bracelets, combs and mirrors and silk scarves, diamond brooches and pearl necklaces, the rings on their fingers and the rings on their toes, the latest fashions in hats, exotic perfumes and aphrodisiacs, gowns and capes, all the world’s finest in fabrics and design.

²⁴Instead of wearing seductive scents,
    these women are going to smell like rotting cabbages;
Instead of modeling flowing gowns,
    they’ll be sporting rags;
Instead of their stylish hairdos,
    scruffy heads;
Instead of beauty marks,
    scabs and scars.

^25-26Your finest fighting men will be killed,
    your soldiers left dead on the battlefield.
The entrance gate to Zion will be clotted
    with people mourning their dead—
A city stooped under the weight of her loss,
    brought to her knees by her sorrows.

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Isaiah 3:23-25

New International Version

²³and mirrors, and the linen garments^(A) and tiaras^(B) and shawls.

²⁴Instead of fragrance^(C) there will be a stench;^(D)
    instead of a sash,^(E) a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;^(F)
    instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;^(G)
    instead of beauty,^(H) branding.^(I)
²⁵Your men will fall by the sword,^(J)
    your warriors in battle.^(K)

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