John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 3:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The rings, &c.] On their finger, as Aben Ezra observes: and nose jewels; the same with the jewels on the forehead or nose, (<261612>Ezekiel 16:12) not that they hung upon the nose, but were fastened upon the forehead, and hung down to the nose, (see <012422>Genesis 24:22 *marg); an allusion to this is in (<201122>Proverbs 11:22) though Austin says it was a custom of the women of Mauritania to put jewels in their nose; and which is still kept in Persia, Arabia, and other countries, as travellers affirm.

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