Isaiah 3:9

The show of their countenance doth testify against them; 1 and they make known their chet like S'dom; 1 they conceal it not. 1 Oy to their nefesh! For they do ra'ah unto themselves. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8For Yerushalayim is ruined, 1 and Yehudah fallen; 1 because their leshon and their deeds are against Hashem, 1 to provoke the eyes of His kavod. 1

10Say ye to the tzaddik, that it shall be tov with him; 1 for they shall eat the p'ri of their deeds. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were ra'im and chatta'im before Hashem exceedingly.

Genesis 19:5And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the anashim which came in to thee halailah (this night)? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them [carnally].

1 Samuel 15:32Then said Shmuel, Bring ye to me Agag Melech Amalek. And Agag came unto him confidently. And Agag thought, Surely the mar hamavet (bitterness of death) is past.

Psalms 10:4The reshah, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after Him; 1 Elohim is not in all his thoughts. 1

Proverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me doth chamas against his own nefesh; 1 all they that hate me love mavet.

Isaiah 3:16Moreover Hashem saith, 1 Because the Banot Tziyon are haughty, 1 and walk with stretched forth necks 1 and winking + 3:16 flirtatious eyes, 1 walking and tripping along as they go, 1 and making a tinkling with their feet; + 3:16 ankle rings 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 3:2-9

Judgments Denounced. ( b. c. 758.) 1 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people… Read the whole commentary →

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