Isaiah 3:16-26 This walk leads to a curse
16 Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with outstretched necks and seductive (flirtatious, alluring) eyes, And trip along with mincing steps and an affected gait And walk with jingling anklets on their feet, 17 Therefore the Lord will afflict the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion with scabs [making them bald], And the Lord will expose their foreheads (send them into captivity).” 18 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, [braided] caps, crescent [head] ornaments, 19 dangling earrings, bracelets, and the hanging veils and scarves, 20 head wraps (turbans), [short, jingling] ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets (charms), 21 signet [finger] rings, nose rings, 22 festival robes, outer tunics, shawls, handbags, 23 hand mirrors, [fine linen] undergarments, headbands, and veils [covering the entire body].
God said to “listen carefully” the judgement is all about our walk. The righteous will be fine, the wicked will be crushed. Women very often seem to feel they are not responsible for the wars and the corruption, that is being done by men. Really? What kind of walk do these women have? I don’t know anything about the various head ornaments, veils, scarves, amulets, chains, handbags, undergarments, etc. It certainly appears to me that they are fully invested in this evil and adulterous age. Remember Lot’s wife.
24 Now it will come to pass that instead of the sweet fragrance of spices there will be [the stench of] rottenness; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, baldness; Instead of fine clothes, a robe of sackcloth; And branding [of captives by the scorching heat] instead of beauty. 25 Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty men in battle. 26 And Jerusalem’s gates will lament (cry out in grief) and mourn [as those who wail for the dead]; And she, being ruined and desolate, will sit upon the ground.
There is a wonderful picture here of a road that leads to you sitting on the ground, ruined and desolate. It started with them being proud, then outstretched neck with flirtatious eyes. Fornication is a game to them that they are playing. Then you see their “affected gait” their walk is corrupt for all to see, and in the event no one is watching they put little jingling things on their feet. This walk leads to disease from head to toe. It leads to poverty, single parent mothers, and domestic violence. It leads to a stench, baldness, and a branding of their kids. They lose their men, not just their husband but also their children.
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Unless 'democracy' goes their way, it's not a legitimate democracy. Get with it man!
