The Pride of Jerusalem’s Women

• 16 And Yahweh said: “Because[fn] the daughters of Zion are haughty,
  • and they walk with outstretched neck,
  • and they give flirting glances with their eyes,
    • mincing along as they go ,[fn]
  • and with their feet they rattle their bangles ,[fn]
• 17 the Lord will make the heads[fn] of the daughters of Zion scabby,
  • and Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare.”
• 18 In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets
  • and the headbands and the crescent necklaces,
• 19 the pendants and the bracelets and the veils,
  • 20 the headdresses and the armlets and the sashes,
• and the perfume boxes[fn] and the amulets,
  • 21 the signet rings and the nose rings,
• 22 the festal robes and the mantles,
  • and the cloaks and the handbags,
• 23 and the mirrors and the linen garments,
  • and the turbans and the wraps.
• 24 And this shall happen: There will be
  • a stench instead of perfume,
• and a rope instead of a sash,
  • and baldness instead of a well-set hairdo,
• and a clothing wrap of sackcloth instead of a rich robe,
  • branding instead of beauty.
• 25 Your men shall fall by the sword,
  • and your warriors in battle.
• 26 And her[fn] gates shall lament and mourn,
  • and she shall be banished;
    • she shall sit upon the ground.
    
    
• 4 And seven women shall grasp at one man on that day, saying,
• “We will eat our own bread,
  • and we will wear our own clothing;
• only let us be called by your name ![fn]
  • Take away our disgrace!”
    
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The Glory of the Branch of Yahweh

• 2 On that day the branch of Yahweh shall become beautiful and glorious,
  • and the fruit of the land shall become the pride and glory of the survivors[fn] of Israel.
• 3 And this shall happen: He who is left in Zion
  • and he who remains in Jerusalem will be called holy,
    • everyone written for life in Jerusalem,
• 4 when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion
  • and cleansed the blood of Jerusalem from her midst
• by a spirit of judgment
  • and by a spirit of burning.
• 5 Then Yahweh will create over all of the site[fn] of Mount Zion[fn]
  • and over her assembly a cloud by day
  • and smoke and the brightness of flaming fire by night.
• Indeed, over all the glory there will be a canopy,
  • 6 and it will be a shelter for shade from the heat by day,
  • and a refuge and a hiding place from rainstorm and from rain.