Isaiah 3:19 (WEB)
the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,
Fathers and councils · 2
Tertullian
“Similarly against the daughters of Sion does He inveigh by Isaiah, when they were haughty through their pomp and the abundance of their riches, just as in another passage He utters His threats against the proud and noble: “Hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth, and down to it shall descend…” — editor's note: Isa. iii. 16–24.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For is not the golden necklace a collar, and do not the necklets which they call catheters occupy the place of chains? and indeed among the Attics they are called by this very name.” — editor's note: [The necklace called κάθεμα or κάθημα seems to be referred to. Ezek. xvi. 11, and Isa. iii. 19, Sept.]
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