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Isaiah 3:23

Isaiah 3:23
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The glasses,.... Looking glasses, by which they dressed themselves, see Exo 38:8 and so Kimchi explains the word; but elsewhere (e) he says it signifies thin garments, so called because the flesh is…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The glasses - There is a great variety of opinion about the expression used here. That ancient Jews had “looking-glasses,” or mirrors, is manifest from the account in Exo 38:8. These “mirrors” were…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 3:16-26

The prophet's business was to show all sorts of people what they had contributed to the national guilt and what share they must expect in the national judgments that were coming. Here he reproves and…