“And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.”
The final verse of the judgment against Zion's women sums up the totality of reversal: instead of fragrance, stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of beauty treatment, devastation and loss of dignity. This verse emphasizes that every advantage will be inverted into disadvantage, every marker of privilege will become a sign of degradation. The accumulation of contrasts—the repetition of
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