Isaiah Chapter 3 verse 20 Holy Bible
the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets;
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The head-bands, and the arm-chains, and the worked bands, and the perfume-boxes, and the jewels with secret powers,
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the head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets;
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The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
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the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume bottles, the charms,
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Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - The bonnets; rather, the headgear. It is quite uncertain what this was, since we have no representations of Hebrew women. Egyptian women commonly wore a mere fillet with pendant ends. The Hebrew word here employed is used in Exodus of the head-dress of the priests (Exodus 39:28). The ornaments of the legs. These are explained as chains connecting the two anklets together. The head-bands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings; rather, the girdles, and the scent-bottles, and the amulets. Scent-bottles and jars for holding sweet-smelling unguents are among the most frequent toilette articles recovered from Egyptian tombs and Assyrian palaces. Amulets have been worn in the East from very ancient times, and are still trusted in as much as ever. They frequently take the form of ornaments.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) The bonnets . . .--The English word is perhaps, too modern in its associations, and should be replaced by "diadems" (Exodus 39:28; Isaiah 61:10).The ornaments of the legs.--These were chains connecting the anklets of Isaiah 3:18, and so regulating the "mincing" or "tripping" motion of the wearer.The headbands.--Better, girdles, always the most highly ornamented part of an Eastern dress, such as were worn by brides (Jeremiah 2:32; Isaiah 49:18). . . .
