Jesaja 3:16

16 Und Jehova sprach: Weil die Töchter Zions hoffärtig sind, und einhergehen mit gerecktem Halse und blinzelnden Augen, und trippelnd einhergehen und mit ihren Fußspangen klirren:

Jesaja 3:16 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 3:16

Moreover the Lord saith, because the daughters of Zion are
haughty
The wives or daughters of the rulers, princes, or elders; these were "high", affected to look high and tall, and therefore stretched out their necks, and walked on tiptoes; or "were lifted up" with pride, which is the root and source of all the vanity expressed in their gesture and ornaments. And walk with stretched forth necks
or "throats"; looking high, and above others, and upon them with contempt and disdain; this is a sign of pride; see ( Psalms 75:5 ) : and wanton eyes;
either winking with their eyes to others to follow them to their houses, as Kimchi interprets it; so Jarchi thinks it is expressive of their looks, as we, of wanton looks; and the Septuagint render it, "with winking of eyes"; so the Syriac and Arabic versions, or painting their eyes; so the Targum,

``they walk with their eyes painted,''

as Jezebel painted her face, ( 2 Kings 9:30 ) ( Jeremiah 4:30 ) (arqyo) , in the Talmudic language, is used ^F17 for vermilion, or red lead, with which they painted their eyes, as they did also with (adydu) , ^F18 black lead. Walking and mincing [as] they go:
jumping and dancing as children in the streets; or using the like gesture as those who beat upon a drum; or walking in even paces, in a soft and delicate manner; all which senses Kimchi ^F19 observes in the word. The whole is rendered by the Septuagint, "and in the walk of their feet", or as they walk "together, drawing their coats" upon the ground after them, which makes a noise. The Targum is, "with hair rolled up", bound up and plaited. And making a tinkling with their feet;
having a sort of bells hanging on them, as Kimchi thinks, which made a noise as they went. Of the word here used, and the sense of it, (See Gill on Isaiah 3:18). The Targum renders it, "provoking with their feet"; either the lust of men; or the anger of the Lord, as the Syriac version; the Septuagint and Arabic versions, "playing with the feet".

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 T. Bab. Roshhashanah, fol. 18. 1. Misn. Sabbat. c. 12. sect. 4. Maimon. & Bartenora in ib.
F18 Targum on 2 Kings ix. 30.
F19 Sepher Shorash. rad. (Ppj) .

Jesaja 3:16 In-Context

14 Jehova wird ins Gericht gehen mit den Ältesten seines Volkes und dessen Fürsten: Und ihr, ihr habt den Weinberg abgeweidet, der Raub des Elenden ist in euren Häusern;

15 was habt ihr, daß ihr mein Volk zertretet und das Angesicht der Elenden zermalmet? spricht der Herr, Jehova der Heerscharen.

16 Und Jehova sprach: Weil die Töchter Zions hoffärtig sind, und einhergehen mit gerecktem Halse und blinzelnden Augen, und trippelnd einhergehen und mit ihren Fußspangen klirren:

17 so wird der Herr den Scheitel der Töchter Zions kahl machen, und Jehova ihre Scham entblößen.

18 An jenem Tage wird der Herr wegnehmen den Schmuck der Fußspangen und der Stirnbänder und der Halbmonde;