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 Parallel

Isaiah 20:4 portrays captives exposed in shame — the same public humiliation of nakedness that awaits the daughters of Zion here.

Isaiah 47:3 Parallel

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.

Micah 1:11 Parallel

In Micah 1:11, inhabitants pass in nakedness and shame — the same motif of exposure as judgment for sin.

Nahum 3:5 Parallel

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.

Hosea 2:10 Parallel

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.