Isaiah 3:17
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.
Cross-references
Isaiah 20:4 portrays captives exposed in shame — the same public humiliation of nakedness that awaits the daughters of Zion here.
In Isaiah 47:3, the same image of uncovering nakedness is used for Babylon’s judgment — exposing shame as divine punishment.
Deuteronomy 28:27 lists scab among covenant curses — the same judgment invoked here on the haughty daughters of Zion.
In Jeremiah 13:22, lifted skirts expose nakedness as judgment for pride — the same shame imagery applied to Judah’s sins.
In Ezekiel 16:36, uncovering nakedness symbolizes Jerusalem’s spiritual harlotry — a direct parallel to the exposure here.
In Ezekiel 16:37, God uncovers Jerusalem’s nakedness before her lovers — the same public shaming as for Zion’s daughters.
In Ezekiel 23:25-29, Oholibah is stripped bare and afflicted — a direct parallel to the exposure and scab judgment here.
In Micah 1:11, inhabitants pass in nakedness and shame — the same motif of exposure as judgment for sin.
In Nahum 3:5, God lifts Nineveh’s skirts to expose her nakedness — identical imagery of shaming judgment.
In Ezekiel 23:26, the stripping of clothes and jewels images the same exposure of nakedness as judgment — parallel to the uncovered shame of the daughters of Zion.
In Hosea 2:10, God uncovers lewdness before her lovers — directly mirroring the exposure of the daughters of Zion's secret parts as punishment for pride.
In Deuteronomy 28:35, boils from foot to head are a covenant curse — a specific physical affliction parallel to the scab here.
In Jeremiah 6:2, 'daughter of Zion' is described as a delicate woman — the same figure Isaiah uses for a proud city facing God's judgment.
Revelation 16:2 shows loathsome sores as end-time judgment — echoing the scab on the head as divine punishment here.