And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Instead of sweet smell there shall be stink - arising from ulcers (Zechariah 14:12).
Instead of a girdle - to gird up the loose eastern garments when the person walked.
A rent - the Septuagint, Arabic, and Vulgate translate, a rope, an emblem of poverty: the poor have noticing else to gird up their clothes with. But the Hebrew х niqpaach (H5364)] favours the English version (from naaqap (H5362), to read or break).
Instead of well-set hair (1 Peter 3:3-4) baldness - (Isaiah 3:17.)
Instead of a stomacher - a broad plaited girdle.
Sackcloth - (2 Samuel 3:31.)
Burning instead of beauty - a sun-burnt countenance, owing to their hoods and veils being stripped off, while they had to work as captives under a scorching sun (Song of Solomon 1:6).