Isaiah 3:18
18 In that day [yowm] the Lord ['Adonay] will take away [cuwr] the
bravery [tiph'arah] of their tinkling ornaments
[`ekec] about their feet, and their cauls, [shabiyc] and their round tires like the moon, [saharon] KJV-Interlinear
18 In
that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands,
crescent ornaments, NASB
In that day, is a general
phrase that simply means, at the time of the event, whatever that event happens
to be.
Here the event is Gods
judgment mentioned in verse seventeen, ‘The Lord will smite.’
This also has a general application
to each individuals life, where the choices of life are of an evil nature as
had been described. But in the prophetic
sense, this also applies to the end of history scenario when God makes the
ultimate judgments during the Tribulation, and smites the entire world, which
will be in the ultimate rebellion against God.
It will be in that period
of history when all of the pleasures and trinkets and priorities that people
make in arrogance, will be stripped away.
The bravery, has both a
concrete and symbolic meaning and when applied to things or articles, the
meaning is symbolic. The bravery
symbolizes majesty, beauty, ornamental, fair and so forth. The bravery aspect is the meaning placed
behind the item, by the individual. It
is the confidence or pride of boasting in things.
For example, a person
gets a new car, and they place a great deal of pride and boasting in that
item. Even though it is neither a
thinking being nor a creature of life, it is given these attributes as though
it were. You will see a great deal of
this type of attribute attachment in advertising for various products.
The items of beauty are
going to be listed over the next few verses.
And why so many verses? Because
in that day, in the period of life that an individual lives, or at that
significant point in history when the whole world has gone apostate, then people
and society in general will have defected away, totally and completely, from
God and doctrine. Society will have left
truth behind and will have placed their lives in the hands of objects. Objects of every imaginable type.
The entire world will have
gone overboard for their ‘things.’
Remember our study in
Revelation, when the world, after having been under judgment for a significant
period of time, will find the population crying over their loss of ‘things?’
Here is that prophecy, in
part.
God will strip away the ‘things’
that make people proud, and even boastful about. Revealing their inner substance, which is no
substance whatsoever.
The list begins with
accessories.
The tinkling ornaments,
are bracelets for the ankles. This is a
similar word ‘ekec’ as was used in verse sixteen ‘akac,’ but slightly different
to more specifically identify the ankle or the feet. This is how people walk through life or
conduct themselves in life. People will
have committed themselves to arrogance and the evils that attend it.
The cauls, is a reference
to hair netting or accessories that are used to shape or form or accentuate the
hair. The outer self rather than the
inner.
The round moons, is a
reference to necklaces around the neck that dangle in the front below the
neckline into the chest area. These necklaces
give rise or attention to accenting the chest area for both male and female
respectively.
These descriptions, even
though they are being made in the feminine, apply equally to both male and
female. For both, or all people that are in this situation, are guilty of evil
to a high degree.
If your life emphasizes
things or activities to the exclusion of doctrine, then you are placing yourself
in grave danger of being literally struck by Gods justice. A justice that you cannot escape. And once accomplished there will be no recovery
for you.
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