Isaiah 3:9

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

7At that time the brother will shout, ‘I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don’t make me a leader of the people!’” 8Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the Lord; they rebel against his royal authority. The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves. 10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done. 11Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

Isaiah 3:9 word by word

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 says, “The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.
• 1 Samuel 15:32Then Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of the Amalekites.” So Agag came to him trembling, thinking to himself, “Surely death is bitter!”
• 2 Kings 9:30Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.
• Psalms 10:4The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”
• Psalms 73:6Arrogance is their necklace, and violence their clothing.
• Proverbs 30:13There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty, and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.
• Jeremiah 3:3That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.
• Jeremiah 6:15Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,” says the Lord.
• Daniel 7:20I also wanted to know the meaning of the ten horns on its head, and of that other horn which came up and before which three others fell. This was the horn that had eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things, whose appearance was more formidable than the others.
• Genesis 13:13(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.)
• Genesis 18:20So the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant
• Genesis 19:5They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
• Jeremiah 44:16“We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!
• Ezekiel 23:16When she saw 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, O Israel! Who is there to help you?

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

Topics related to Isaiah 3:9

• Character
• Countenance
• Face
• Physiognomy
• Sin
• Sodom
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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• Base
• Bravery
• Cunning
• Fruit
• Girding
• Grind
• Ornament
• Stay

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