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Isaiah 3:17
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KJ21
therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will uncover their secret parts.”
ASV
therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
AMP
Therefore the Lord will afflict the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion with scabs [making them bald], And the Lord will expose their foreheads (send them into captivity).”
AMPC
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the heads of the daughters of Zion [making them bald], and the Lord will cause them to be [taken as captives and to suffer the indignity of being] stripped naked.
BRG
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.
CSB
the Lord will put scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.
CSBA
the Lord will put scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.
CEB
the Lord will shave the heads of Zion’s daughters, and will expose their scalps.
CJB
Adonai will strike the crown of the heads of Tziyon’s women with sores, and Adonai will expose their private parts.”
CEV
But I, the Lord, will cover their heads with sores, and I will uncover their private parts.
DARBY
therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
DRA
The Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Sion, and the Lord will discover their hair.
ERV
The Lord will put sores on the heads of those women in Zion. The Lord will make their heads bald.
EASY
Because of that, the Lord God will give them sores on their heads. Those beautiful women will be bald!’
EHV
the Lord will crown the heads of the daughters of Zion with scabs. The Lord will make their scalps bald.
ESV
therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
ESVUK
therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
EXB
So the Lord will put ·sores [scabs; skin lesions] on the heads of those ·women in Jerusalem [L daughters of Zion], and he will ·make them lose their hair [lay bare/make bald their forehead].
GNV
Therefore shall the Lord make the heads of the daughters of Zion bald, and the Lord shall discover their secret parts.
GW
The Lord will cause sores ⌞to appear⌟ on the heads of the women of Zion, and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.
GNT
But I will punish them—I will shave their heads and leave them bald.”
HCSB
the Lord will put scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.
ICB
So the Lord will put sores on the heads of those women in Jerusalem. He will make them lose all their hair.
ISV
therefore the Lord will afflict sores on the heads of Zion’s women, and the Lord will expose their private parts.
JUB
Therefore the Lord will make bare the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover that which they are ashamed of.
KJV
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.
AKJV
therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.
LSB
Therefore the Lord will smite the skull of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And Yahweh will make their foreheads bare.”
LEB
the Lord will make the heads of the daughters of Zion scabby, and Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare.”
TLB
The Lord will send a plague of scabs to ornament their heads! He will expose their nakedness for all to see.
MSG
God says, “Zion women are stuck-up, prancing around in their high heels, Making eyes at all the men in the street, swinging their hips, Tossing their hair, gaudy and garish in cheap jewelry.” The Master will fix it so those Zion women will all turn bald— Scabby, bald-headed women. The Master will do it.
MEV
therefore, the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.
NOG
Adonay will cause sores to appear on the heads of the women of Zion, and Yahweh will make their foreheads bare.
NABRE
The Lord shall cover the scalps of Zion’s daughters with scabs, and the Lord shall lay bare their heads.
NASB
The Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the Lord will make their foreheads bare.”
NASB1995
Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the Lord will make their foreheads bare.”
NCB
the Lord will cover with scabs the scalps of the daughters of Zion, and he will lay bare their foreheads.
NCV
So the Lord will put sores on the heads of those women in Jerusalem, and he will make them lose their hair.
NET
So the Lord will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women with skin diseases; the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.”
NIRV
So I will put sores on the heads of Zion’s women. And I will remove the hair from their heads.”
NIV
Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the Lord will make their scalps bald.”
NIVUK
Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the Lord will make their scalps bald.’
NKJV
Therefore the Lord will strike with a scab The crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, And the Lord will uncover their secret parts.”
NLV
So the Lord will make sores come upon the heads of the daughters of Zion, and take the hair from their head.
NLT
So the Lord will send scabs on her head; the Lord will make beautiful Zion bald.”
NRSVA
the Lord will afflict with scabs the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
NRSVACE
the Lord will afflict with scabs the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
NRSVCE
the Lord will afflict with scabs the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
NRSVUE
the Lord will afflict with scabs the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their scalps and heads.
OJB
Therefore Adonoi will strike with a scab the kodkod (top of the head) Banot Tziyon, and Hashem will lay bare their nakedness.
RGT
“therefore the LORD shall make the heads of the daughters of Zion bald. And the LORD shall uncover their secret parts.
RSV
the Lord will smite with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
RSVCE
the Lord will smite with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
TLV
therefore Adonai will smite with a scab the forehead of the Daughters of Zion. Adonai will expose their secret parts.
VOICE
I will shame them with unsightly scabs on their heads, these daughters who should be the pride of Zion, God’s precious place. I will make them feel naked when I uncover their foreheads and make them bald.
WEB
therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and Yahweh will make their scalps bald.”
WYC
the Lord shall make bald the noll of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord shall make naked the hair of them. (the Lord shall make the daughters of Zion bald, yea, the Lord shall shave off all their hair.)
YLT
The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth.
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