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23 mirrors, underwear, headdresses, and veils.

24 Instead of the smell of perfume, there will be the smell of decay.
    They will wear ropes instead of belts.
    They will have bald heads instead of beautiful hair.
    They will wear sackcloth instead of expensive clothes.
        Their beauty will be scarred.[a]
25 Women, your warriors will die in combat.
    Your mighty men will die in battle.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:24 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text “expensive clothes, instead of beauty.”

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

24 Instead 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)
25 Your men will fall by the sword,(J)
    your warriors in battle.(K)

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