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Isaiah 3:19
their pendants, bracelets, and veils;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Isaiah pronounces a divine judgment to Judah and Jerusalem, marking the specific day the Lord will strip away their personal adornments.
The words — The text lists נְטִיפֹּת (neṭippōt, pendants), שִׁרְיֹת (širʾyōt, bracelets), and רְעָלוֹת (rʿālōt, veils) as the exact items removed from their finery.
The thread — This inventory of stripped jewelry parallels the Lord’s past adornment of Israel in Ezekiel 16:11 and the bridal gifts given to Rebekah in Genesis 24:22 and Genesis 24:30.
Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that divine judgment removes the ornaments that signify social status, leaving the people to confront their reliance on God rather than material display.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 16:11 I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
- Genesis 24:22 And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
- Genesis 24:30 As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
- Genesis 24:53 Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
- Genesis 38:18 “What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
- Exodus 35:22 So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
- Numbers 31:50 So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
- Genesis 38:25 As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”