Isaiah 3:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

Bonnets - tiaras, or turbans.

Ornaments of the legs - the short stepping chains from one foot to another, to give a measured gait; attached to the "tinkling ornaments" (Isaiah 3:16).

Tablets - rather, houses of the breath, i:e., smelling-boxes (Vulgate). Earrings - rather, amulets suspended from the neck or ears, with magic formulae inscribed; the root means to whisper or conjure (Hebrew, lªchaashiym (H3908), from laachash (H3907)): cf. note, Isaiah 3:3, "the eloquent orator," and Isaiah 2:6.

Isaiah 3:20

20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets,i and the earrings,