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Isaiah 3:9
9The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster on themselves.
Isaiah 3:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
- New International Version (NIV)The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves.
Context of Isaiah 3:9
7On that day he will cry out, saying, “I’m not a healer. I don’t even have food or clothing in my house. Don’t make me the leader of the people!” 8For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they have spoken and acted against the Lord, defying his glorious presence. The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster on themselves. 10Tell the righteous that it will go well for them, for they will eat the fruit of their labor. 11Woe to the wicked — it will go badly for them, for what they have done will be done to them.
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הַכָּרַ֤ת פְּנֵיהֶם֙ עָ֣נְתָה בָּ֔ם וְחַטָּאתָ֛ם כִּסְדֹ֥ם הִגִּ֖ידוּ לֹ֣א כִחֵ֑דוּ א֣וֹי לְנַפְשָׁ֔ם כִּֽי־גָמְל֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם רָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The shewהַכָּרָהhakkârâh · lookH1971
- of their countenanceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- doth witness against themעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
- and they declareנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
- their sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- as Sodomסְדֹםsedôm · SodomH5467
- they hideכָּחַדkâchad · to hideH3582
- not. Woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
- unto their soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
- for they have rewardedגָּמַלgâmal · to weanH1580
- evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
Cross-references for Isaiah 3:9
- Isaiah 3:16The Lord also says: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, walking with heads held high and seductive eyes, prancing along, jingling their ankle bracelets,
- 1 Samuel 15:32Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of Amalek.” Agag came to him trembling, for he thought, “Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”
- 2 Kings 9:30When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it, so she painted her eyes, fixed her hair, and looked down from the window.
- Psalms 10:4In all his scheming, the wicked person arrogantly thinks, “There’s no accountability, since there’s no God.”
- Psalms 73:6Therefore, pride is their necklace, and violence covers them like a garment.
- Proverbs 30:13There is a generation — how haughty its eyes and pretentious its looks.
- Jeremiah 3:3This is why the showers haven’t come — why there has been no spring rain. You have the brazen look of a prostitute and refuse to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 6:15Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably? They weren’t at all ashamed. They can no longer feel humiliation. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse, says the Lord.
- Daniel 7:20I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three fell — the horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke arrogantly, and that looked bigger than the others.
- Genesis 13:13(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely against the Lord.)
- Genesis 18:20Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.
- Genesis 19:5They called out to Lot and said, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
- Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!
- Ezekiel 23:16At the sight of them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.
- Hosea 13:9I will destroy you, Israel; you have no help but me.
Commentaries on Isaiah 3:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The show of their countenance - Bishop Lowth has it the steadfastness of their countenance - they appear to be bent on iniquity, their eyes tell the wickedness of their hearts. The eye is the index of the mind. Envy, hatred, malice, malevolence, concupiscence, and murder, when in the heart, look most intelligently out at the eye. They tell the innocent to be on their guard; and serve the same purpose as the sonorous rings in the tail of the rattlesnake…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The show of their countenance - The word rendered “the show” is probably derived from a word signifying “to know,” or “to recognize,” and here denotes “impudence” or “pride.” Septuagint, The shame of their face.‘ Doth witness against them - “Answers” to them; or “responds” to them (ענתה ‛ânetâh ). There is a correspondence between the feeling of the heart and the looks, an “answering” of the countenance to the purposes of the soul that shows their true…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The expression on their faces: At this time, the people openly defied God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. show--The Hebrew means, "that which may be known by their countenances" [Gesenius and Weiss]. But Maurer translates, "Their respect for person"; so Syriac and Chaldee. But the parallel word "declare" favors the other view. Kimchi, from the Arabic, translates "their hardness" (Job 19:3, Margin), or impudence of countenance (Jr 3:3). They have lost not only the substance of virtue, but its color. witness--literally, "corresponds" to them; their look…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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