Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
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Gill's Exposition
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love?.... To seek the love, and gain the affections and esteem, of the idolatrous nations; as a lascivious woman dresses herself out in the best manner to excite the…
Barnes' Notes
A bride treasures all her life the girdle, which first indicated that she was a married woman, just as brides now treasure the wedding ring; but Israel, Yahweh’s bride Jer 2:2, cherishes no fond…
The prophet here goes on in the same strain, aiming to bring a sinful people to repentance, that their destruction might be prevented.
I. He avers the truth of the charge. It was evident beyond…
Cambridge Bible
attire sash, and so rendered by R.V. in Isa 3:20. The exact meaning is unknown, but it was plainly an indispensable part of a bride's costume.
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