Isaiah 3:24

Conservative English Version

In place of perfume, there will be a stink; in place of belts, there will be ropes; in place of fancy hairdos, they will have bald heads. Instead of expensive clothes, they will wear sackcloth; instead of beauty, they will have ugly scars.

Cross References

Esther 2:12

The young women were given beauty treatments for one whole year. The first six months their skin was rubbed with olive oil and myrrh, and the last six months it was treated with perfumes and cosmetics. Then each of them spent the night alone with King Xerxes.

Job 16:15

and so, in my sorrow I dress in sackcloth and sit in the dust.

Proverbs 31:24

She makes clothes to sell to the shop owners.

Proverbs 7:17

And I have covered it with perfume made of myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Isaiah 15:2

Everyone in Dibon has gone up to the temple and the shrines to cry and weep. All of Moab is crying. Heads and beards are shaved because of what happened at Nebo and Medeba.

Isaiah 15:3

In the towns and at home, everyone wears sackcloth and cries loud and long.

Isaiah 22:12

When all of this happened, the LORD All-Powerful told you to weep and mourn, to shave your heads, and wear sackcloth.

Isaiah 3:23

(SEE 3:18)

Isaiah 4:4

after the LORD sends a fiery judgment to clean the city and its people of their violent deeds.

Isaiah 57:9

You smear on olive oil and all kinds of perfume to worship the god Molech. You even seek advice from spirits of the dead.

Jeremiah 4:8

Then I said to the people of Israel, "Put on sackcloth! Mourn and cry out, 'The LORD is still angry with us.' "

Jeremiah 48:37

The people of Moab mourn on the rooftops and in the streets. Men cut off their beards, people shave their heads; they make cuts on their hands and wear sackcloth.

Jeremiah 49:3

Cry, people of Heshbon; your town will become a pile of rubble. You will turn here and there, but your path will be blocked. Put on sackcloth and mourn, you citizens of Rabbah, because the idol you worship will be taken to a foreign country, along with its priests and temple officials.

Jeremiah 6:26

and attacks without warning. So mourn, my people, as though your only child had died. Wear clothes made of sackcloth and roll in the ash pile."

Lamentations 2:10

Zion's leaders are silent. They just sit on the ground, tossing dirt on their heads and wearing sackcloth. Her young women can do nothing but stare at the ground.

Ezekiel 27:31

they shave their heads and dress in sackcloth as they cry in despair.

Ezekiel 7:18

You will put on sackcloth to show your sorrow, but terror will overpower you. Shame will be written all over your faces, and you will shave your heads in despair.

Joel 1:8

Grieve like a young woman mourning for the man she was to marry.

Leviticus 26:16

I will punish you terribly, and you will be ruined. You will be struck with incurable diseases and with fever that leads to blindness and depression. Your enemies will eat the crops you plant,

Amos 8:10

Your festivals and joyful singing will turn into sorrow. You will wear sackcloth and shave your heads, as you would at the death of your only son. It will be a horrible day.

Micah 1:16

Judah, shave your head as bald as a buzzard and start mourning. Your precious children will be dragged off to a foreign country.

Deuteronomy 28:22

(SEE 28:21)

Deuteronomy 32:24

You'll be struck by starvation and deadly diseases, by the fangs of wild animals and poisonous snakes.

1 Peter 3:3

Don't depend on things like fancy hairdos or gold jewelry or expensive clothes to make you look beautiful.

Revelation 11:3

My two witnesses will wear sackcloth, while I let them preach for one thousand two hundred sixty days.

Revelation 16:9

Everyone was scorched by its great heat, and all of them cursed the name of God who had power over these terrible troubles. But no one turned to God and praised him.

Revelation 18:9

Every king on earth who slept with her and shared in her luxury will mourn. They will weep, when they see the smoke from that fire.