The Pride of Jerusalem’s Women

• 16 [fn] the daughters of Zion are haughty, and they walk with outstretched neck,
• and they give flirting glances with their eyes,
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• and[fn]
• 17 [fn] of the daughters of Zion scabby, and Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare.”
• 18  and the headbands and the crescent necklaces,
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• 20  and the[fn] and the amulets,
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  • 22  and the cloaks and the handbags,
  • 23  and the turbans and the wraps.
  • 24  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  and your warriors in battle.
  • 26 [fn] gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall be banished;
    • she shall sit upon the ground.

“We will eat our own bread,

• and we will wear our own clothing;
• only[fn]
  • Take away our disgrace!”