Isa 3:21, Eze 16:12 | JFB | STEP | 21. nose jewels —The cartilage between the nostrils was bored to receive them; they usually hung from the left nostril.

Isaiah 3:21

21. nose jewels—The cartilage between the nostrils was bored to receive them; they usually hung from the left nostril.

Ezekiel 16:12

12. jewel on thy forehead—rather, "a ring in thy nose" (Isa 3:21).

a crown—at once the badge of a bride, and of her being made a queen, as being consort of the King; the very name Israel meaning "a prince of God." So they are called "a kingdom of priests" (Ex 19:6; compare Re 1:6). Though the external blessings bestowed on Israel were great, yet not these, but the internal and spiritual, form the main reference in the kingly marriage to which Israel was advanced.