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Isa 3:20 — The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

tablets		Heb. houses of the soul. Probably perfume boxes, as rendered by Bp. Lowth.
the earrings		Lechashim, probably amulets. Gen 35:4; Exd 32:2; Eze 16:12; Hsa 2:13

Correlating Passages

the earrings

	Gen 35:4	And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.
	Exd 32:2	And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.
	Eze 16:12	And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
	Hsa 2:13	And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 3:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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