פירוש על ישעיהו 3:24

And it shall come to pass, that, instead of perfume, there will be decay The place where they would perfume themselves will be decayed.

בושם Sweet smell. It keeps the body fresh and healthy.

and in the place of a girdle, laceration Heb. נקפה. The place where she girded herself, there will be lacerated, cut with wounds and signs of blows, as (Job: 19:26): “And after my skin is cut to pieces (נִקְּפוּ)”; (infra 10:34) “and the thickets of forest shall be cut down (וְנִקַּף).”