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The first two prophecies in our book illustrate how the leadership of society and how social institutions had begun to crumble. The third chapter turns to depict how the breakdown of those institutions led to a breakdown within regular human interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Turning to the wealthy women of Zion, the prophet notes how they would walk with a dismissive, arrogant posture, with their heads thrown back, and with their eyes looking down on the rest of society (3:16-17), and predicts how the impending doom and disaster will befall them as well. Indeed, our prophecy provides an incredibly detailed catalog of 24 types of jewelry and other accessories that the wealthy women of Jerusalem wore at the time: anklets, crescent-shaped-necklaces, veils, armlets, rings of the nose, ear, or hand, shawls and bonnets, etc. (3:18-24). The lengthy list serves to create a picture for the reader of how excessive the materialistic culture had become, and reinforces our earlier readings about the society from the first two chapters.<\/span><\/p>\n

The people of Jerusalem are also compared with Sodom (3:9), a connection also found in the first chapter of the book (1:10), a city known for their mistreatment of the poor, as we know from elsewhere in Tanach (Ezekiel 16:49). For all of the incredible wealth and ostentatiousness in society, the poor were mistreated and charity was hard to find.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, the impending calamity will target the leadership first (3:1-8). 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