Isaiah 3:16-17

Isaiah 3:16-17

[16] saith,  Because  the daughters  of Zion  are haughty,  with stretched forth  necks  and wanton  eyes,  walking  and mincing  and making a tinkling  with their feet:  [17] Therefore the Lord  will smite with a scab  the crown of the head  of the daughters  of Zion,  and the LORD  will discover  their secret parts. 

What does Isaiah 3:16-17 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Pride led these women to walk with their noses in the air, assuming superiority over others, and to lure men to themselves. They glanced coyly to see whether others noticed their elegance. They took small steps to give the appearance of humility and drew attention even to their feet. Everything they did was designed to attract attention.
"Wherever dress and splendour are carried to excess, there is evidence of ambition, and many vices are usually connected with it; for whence comes luxury in men and women but from pride?" [1]
God would humble them by making the hair that they loved so much a patch of scabs and the foreheads they decorated so carefully bare. Having delighted in immodest exposure, God gave them over to it (cf. Romans 1). He did not condemn their luxurious lifestyle as much as their arrogant spirit, which their lifestyle demonstrated.