The Meaning of Isaiah 3:18 Explained

Isaiah 3:18

KJV: In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,

YLT: In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons,

Darby: In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,

ASV: In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In that day  the Lord  will take away  the bravery  of [their] tinkling ornaments  [about their feet], and [their] cauls,  and [their] round tires like the moon, 

What does Isaiah 3:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 3:13-26 - Vanity And Selfish Luxury Condemned
This paragraph opens with the majestic figure of Jehovah Himself, who arises to judge the misrulers and plead the cause of the poor. The prophet enumerates the trinkets of the women of Israel, who had given themselves up to luxury and corruption. Woman is the priestess and prophetess of the home and religion, and when she forsakes the level of spiritual influence for that of physical adornment, the salt has lost its savor and the whole commonwealth suffers. The manhood of a land is lost, morally and spiritually when woman falls from her high estate; and there could be no hope for Jerusalem until the divine fire had consumed the filth of her daughters, and the oppressive selfishness of her sons. Then once more each home in Jerusalem would have the same blessed signs of the divine presence as had once been granted to the Tabernacle-the shadowing cloud by day and the gleam of the Shekinah-fire by night. Let us claim these for our homes also! [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 3

1  The great calamities which come by sin
10  The different rewards of the righteous and wicked
12  The oppression and covetousness of the rulers
16  The judgments which shall be for the pride of the women
25  The general desolation

What do the individual words in Isaiah 3:18 mean?

In day that will take away the Lord - the finery the jingling anklets and the scarves and the crescents
בַּיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא יָסִ֣יר אֲדֹנָ֗י אֵ֣ת תִּפְאֶ֧רֶת הָעֲכָסִ֛ים וְהַשְּׁבִיסִ֖ים וְהַשַּׂהֲרֹנִֽים

בַּיּ֨וֹם  In  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֜וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
יָסִ֣יר  will  take  away 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
אֲדֹנָ֗י  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
אֵ֣ת  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
תִּפְאֶ֧רֶת  the  finery 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תִּפְאֶרֶת  
Sense: beauty, splendour, glory.
הָעֲכָסִ֛ים  the  jingling  anklets 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֶכֶס  
Sense: anklet, bangle.
וְהַשְּׁבִיסִ֖ים  and  the  scarves 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁבִיס  
Sense: front band.
וְהַשַּׂהֲרֹנִֽים  and  the  crescents 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שַׂהֲרֹנִים  
Sense: moon, crescent.

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