Bible verse
The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
Isaiah 3:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Isaiah 3.
12 Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
13 The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
14 The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15 Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
16 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
17 the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
18 In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;
19 their pendants, bracelets, and veils;
20 their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;
KJV
Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing [as] they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
ASV
Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;
ERV
Moreover the LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
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