Jehu went to Jezreel, and Jezebel heard the news. She put her makeup on and fixed her hair. Then she stood by the window and looked out.
Revelation 9:8 - Easy To Read Version Their hair was like women’s hair. Their teeth were like lions’ teeth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. [Joel 1:6.] American Standard Version (1901) And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. Common English Bible their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. Catholic Public Domain Version And they had hair like the hair of women. And their teeth were like the teeth of lions. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they had hair as the hair of women; and their teeth were as lions: |
Jehu went to Jezreel, and Jezebel heard the news. She put her makeup on and fixed her hair. Then she stood by the window and looked out.
My life is in danger.\par My enemies are all around me.\par They are like man-eating lions,\par with teeth as sharp as spears\par and arrows,\par and tongues as sharp as a sword.\par
\{Those women now have\} sweet smelling perfume, but \{at that time, their perfume will become\} moldy and rotten. \{Now they wear\} belts. But \{at that time, they will have only\} ropes to wear. Now they have their hair fixed fancy ways. But \{at that time\}, their heads will be shaved—they will have no hair. {\cf2\super [37]} \{Now they have\} party dresses. \{But at that time, they will have\} only clothes to show sadness. They have beauty marks on their faces now. \{But at that time, they will have another mark.\} It will be a mark burned into their skin.
A large and powerful nation came\par to attack my country.\par Its soldiers were too many to count.\par Its \{weapons\} were as sharp as a lion’s teeth\par and as powerful as a lion’s jaw.\par
I also want women to wear clothes that are right for them. Women should dress with respect and right thinking. They should not use fancy braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes to make themselves beautiful.
It is not fancy hair, gold jewelry, or fine clothes that should make you beautiful.