and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.
Parallel translations
- WEB the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.
- KJV The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
- NKJV and the mirrors; The fine linen, the turbans, and the robes.
- NASB papyrus garments, undergarments, headbands, and veils.
- NLT mirrors, fine linen garments, head ornaments, and shawls.
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Quick answer
The inventory of finery closes with hand mirrors, fine linen, tiaras, and shawls. The long list ends, having stripped Jerusalem's daughters of every prized possession.
Overview
Mirrors and fine linen represent self-admiration and prosperity, while tiaras suggest a near-royal pride. The completed catalogue sets the stage for the stark reversal described in the next verse. Isaiah's point throughout is that misplaced trust in self and splendor invites the loss of it all.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 24:65and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
- Gen 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
- Rev 19:14The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses.
- Ruth 3:15And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.
- 1 Chr 15:27Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.
- Rev 19:8She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.
- Exod 38:8Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Ezek 16:10I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Song 5:7I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
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