Isaiah 3:16 (KJV)

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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

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the daughters. Isa 1:8 Isa 4:4 Mt 21:5 Lu 23:28

are haughty. Isa 24:4 Isa 32:9-11 Pr 16:18 Pr 30:13 Eze 16:49 Eze 16:50 Zep 3:11

wanton eyes. Heb. deceiving with their eyes.Or, as {messakkaroth ainayim} is rendered in the Targum, "painting their eyes with stibium:" for {sakar} is probably the same as the Chaldee {sekar,} or that import. mincing. or, tripping nicely. and making.The Eastern ladies wear on their ankles large rings to which smaller ones are attached, which make a tinkling sound as they move nimbly.

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