Revised Version 1895
Isaiah 3:9
9The 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.
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
7in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people. 8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. 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. 10Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
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הַכָּרַ֤ת פְּנֵיהֶם֙ עָ֣נְתָה בָּ֔ם וְחַטָּאתָ֛ם כִּסְדֹ֥ם הִגִּ֖ידוּ לֹ֣א כִחֵ֑דוּ א֣וֹי לְנַפְשָׁ֔ם כִּֽי־גָמְל֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם רָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
- countenanceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- declareנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
- sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- Sodomסְדֹםsedôm · SodomH5467
- hideכָּחַדkâchad · to hideH3582
- notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- Woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
- soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
- rewardedגָּמַלgâmal · to weanH1580
- evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
Cross-references for Isaiah 3:9
- Isaiah 3:16Moreover the LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
- 1 Samuel 15:32Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
- 2 Kings 9:30And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and tired her head, and looked out at the window.
- Psalms 10:4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
- Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
- Proverbs 30:13There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 6:15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
- Daniel 7:20and concerning the ten horns that were on his head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell; even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
- Genesis 13:13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.
- Genesis 18:20And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
- Genesis 19:5and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
- Jeremiah 44:16As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
- Ezekiel 23:16And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us! for we have sinned.
- Hosea 13:9It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy help.
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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