Lexicon :: Strong's H3308 - yᵊp̄î

to bring Queen Vashti before him with her royal crown. He wanted to show off her beauty to the people and the officials, because she was very beautiful.

and the king will desire your beauty.

Bow down to him, for he is your lord.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God appears in radiance.[fn]

Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty

or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting,

but a woman who fears the LORD will be praised.

Instead of perfume there will be a stench;

instead of a belt, a rope;

instead of beautifully styled hair, baldness;

instead of fine clothes, sackcloth;

instead of beauty, branding.[fn]

Your eyes will see the King in his beauty;

you will see a vast land.

All who pass by

scornfully clap their hands at you.

They hiss and shake their heads

at Daughter Jerusalem:

Is this the city that was called

the perfection of beauty,

the joy of the whole earth?

“Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through my splendor, which I had bestowed on you. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

“You built your elevated place at the head of every street and turned your beauty into a detestable thing. You spread your legs to everyone who passed by and increased your prostitution.

“Say to Tyre, who is situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coasts and islands, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says:

Tyre, you declared,

“I am perfect in beauty.”

“Men of Arvad and Helech

were stationed on your walls all around,

and Gammadites were in your towers.

They hung their shields[fn] all around your walls;

they perfected your beauty.

“I am about to bring strangers against you,

ruthless men from the nations.

They will draw their swords

against your magnificent wisdom

and will pierce your splendor.

“Son of man, lament for the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says:

You were the seal[fn] of perfection,[fn]

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

“Your heart became proud because of your beauty;

For the sake of your splendor

you corrupted your wisdom.

So I threw you down to the ground;[fn]

I made you a spectacle before kings.

“The cedars in God’s garden could not eclipse it;

the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches,

nor could the plane trees match its boughs.

No tree in the garden of God

could compare with it in beauty.

How lovely and beautiful!

Grain will make the young men flourish,

and new wine, the young women.