Isa 3:16-26, Lam 1:9, Eze 16:6-9, 22:15, 36:25, 29, Joe 3:21, Zep 3:1 | ESV | STEP | The Lord said : Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks , glancing wantonly with their eyes , mincing along as they go , tinkling with their feet ,

16 The Lord said:
^aBecause ^bthe daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
^ctinkling with their feet,
17 therefore the Lord ^dwill strike with a scab
the heads of ^ethe daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
18 In that day the Lord will take away ^fthe finery of the anklets, the ^gheadbands, and the ^hcrescents; 19 the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; 20 the ⁱheaddresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; 21 the signet rings and ^jnose rings; 22 the ^kfestal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; 23 the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

24 Instead of ^lperfume there will be rottenness;
and instead of a ^mbelt, a rope;
and instead of ⁿwell-set hair, ^obaldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a ^pskirt of sackcloth;
and ^qbranding instead of beauty.
25 Your men shall fall by the sword
and your mighty men in battle.
26 And ^rher gates shall lament and mourn;
empty, she shall ^ssit on the ground.

Lamentations 1:9

9 Her uncleanness was ^tin her skirts;
^ushe took no thought of her future; ^{▼▼Or end}
therefore her fall is terrible;
^wshe has no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
for the enemy has ^xtriumphed!”

Ezekiel 16:6-9

6 “And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing ^yin your blood, I said to you ^zin your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you ^aain your blood, ‘Live!’ 7 ^abI made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall ^acand arrived at full adornment. Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet ^adyou were naked and bare.

8 “When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and ^aeI spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you ^afand entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, ^agand you became mine. 9 Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and ^ahanointed you with oil.

Ezekiel 22:15

15 ^aiI will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and ^ajI will consume your uncleanness out of you.

Ezekiel 36:25

25 ^akI will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from ^alall your uncleannesses, and ^amfrom all your idols ^anI will cleanse you.

Ezekiel 36:29

29 And ^aoI will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And ^apI will summon the grain and make it abundant and ^aqlay no famine upon you.

Joel 3:21

21 ^arI will avenge their blood,
blood I have not avenged, ^{▼▼Or I will acquit their bloodguilt that I have not acquitted}
^atfor the Lord dwells in Zion.”

Zephaniah 3:1

Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations

1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
^authe oppressing city!