John Gill Commentary Isaiah 3:23

"the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils." — Isaiah 3:23 (ASV)

The glasses Looking glasses, by which they dressed themselves, see (Exodus 38:8) and so Kimchi explains the word; but elsewhere ^F5 he says it signifies thin garments, so called because the flesh is seen through them, being so exceeding thin; which sense is favoured by the Septuagint version, which renders it by (ta diafanh) (lakwnika) , garments which the Lacedemonians wore, which were so thin and transparent, that the naked body might be seen through them.

and the fine linen ; of which several of their garments and ornaments were made, and particularly their veils, with which they veiled themselves, as Jarchi observes.

and the hoods ; the word is used for a diadem and mitre, (Isaiah 62:3) (Zechariah 3:5) the Targum renders it "crowns"; and such the Jewish women wore, (See Gill on Isaiah 3:20) and particularly newly married women ^F6 .

and the veils ; so the word is rendered in (Song of Solomon 5:7) with which women covered their heads, either through modesty, or as a token of subjection to their husbands, see (Genesis 24:65) (1 Corinthians 11:5–10) but, according to the Targum and Kimchi, these were thin garments which women wore in summertime; Jarchi says they are the same which the French call "fermelan", and are of gold, which they put about the cloak the woman is covered with; perhaps they were a sort of umbrellas, to keep off the heat of the sun.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F5: Ib. (In Sepher Shorash.) rad. (hlg) .
• F6: Misn. Sota, c. 9. sect. 14.