I was reading in Isaiah this morning, and I read this and it made me wonder if this is this where monks got their “lowly” status and clothing from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInstead of perfume there will be rottenness; and instead of a belt, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a skirt of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.\u201d — Isaiah 3:24 ESV<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was oddly specific to what they wear. I realized before that it was talking about women, but I can’t tell if this verse was directed to the preceding ones, or talking about men too? It said turbans and that was predominately a male headdress correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Much obliged,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jonathan Sellers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Hi Jonathan.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n What a great thing it is for young people to be reading the Scriptures and really thinking about what they read!<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Thank you!\u00a0 There is a reward from Jesus for that when it is done sincerely.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n As for turbans, they may be for men or women, though styles will differ for each.\u00a0 In the verses from Isaiah 3 (our translation is below), God is denouncing only the proud women in Jerusalem.\u00a0 He has plenty to say to the proud men in other places,\u00a0as I am sure you have read.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Isaiah 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. Moreover, Jehovah says, because y<\/em>ou are haughty, O daughters of Zion, and walk about with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as y<\/em>ou go, and with their feet, they jingle their anklets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 17. But my Lord will strike with a scab the scalp of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will expose their private parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18. In that day, my Lord will take away finery: the anklets, and the headbands, and the crescent-shaped ornaments,<\/p>\n\n\n\n 19. the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils,<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20. the tiaras, and the armlets, and the sashes, and vials of perfume, and the charms,<\/p>\n\n\n\n 21. the rings and the nose-rings,<\/p>\n\n\n\n 22. the festal robes, and the mantles, and the cloaks, and the purses,<\/p>\n\n\n\n 23. and the mirrors, and the fine linen, and the headdresses, and the shawls,<\/p>\n\n\n\n 24. and it will be that instead of a sweet aroma, there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a fancy robe, a wrap of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 25. Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty men in battle,<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26. and her gates shall mourn and lament, and she will sit on the ground, purged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you for the question,\u00a0Jonathan.\u00a0 It was a thoughtful one.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pastor John<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was reading in Isaiah this morning, and I read this and it made me wonder if this is this where monks got their “lowly” status and clothing from? \u201cInstead of perfume there will be rottenness; and instead of a belt, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}