Isa 3:17, Jer 13:26, Nah 3:5 | JFB | STEP | 17. smite with a scab-- literally, "make bald," namely, by disease. discover-- cause them to suffer the greatest indignity that can befall female captives, namely to be stripped naked, and have their persons exposed ( ; compare with ).

‏ Isaiah 3:17

17. smite with a scab--literally, "make bald," namely, by disease.

discover--cause them to suffer the greatest indignity that can befall female captives, namely to be stripped naked, and have their persons exposed (Is 47:3; compare with Is 20:4).

‏ Jeremiah 13:26

26. discover ... upon thy face--rather, "throw up thy skirts over thy face," or head; done by way of ignominy to captive women and to prostitutes (Na 3:5). The Jews' punishment should answer to their crime. As their sin had been perpetrated in the most public places, so God would expose them to the contempt of other nations most openly (La 1:8).

‏ Nahum 3:5

5. I will discover thy skirts upon thy face--that is, discover thy nakedness by throwing up thy skirts upon thy face (the greatest possible insult), pulling them up as as high as thy head (Jr 13:22; Eze 16:37-41). I will treat thee not as a matron, but as a harlot whose shame is exposed; her gaudy finery being lifted up off her (Is 47:2, 3). So Nineveh shall be stripped of all her glory and defenses on which she prides herself.