Isaiah 3:11
Alas! for the lawless, it is ill, For what his own hand hath matured, shall be done to him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
In Context
10Say ye to the righteous It is well! For the fruit of their doings, shall they eat:
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But, if ye shall not do this, lo! ye will have sinned against Yahweh,—and take note of your sin, that it will find you out.
Judges 9:57all the wickedness also, of the men of Shechem, did God requite upon their own head,—and so brought in upon, them the curse of Jotham, son of Jerubbaal.
1 Kings 21:21Behold me! [saith he] bringing in upon thee, calamity, and I will consume after thee,—and cut off of Ahab, even the meanest, whether shut up or left at large in Israel;
Psalms 1:3So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters,—that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.
Psalms 28:4Give them, according to their deed, and, according to the wrong of their practices,—According to the work of their own hands, give thou unto them, Bring back their own dealing to themselves.
Psalms 120:3What shall be given to thee, and what shall be added to thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 3:10-16
Judgments Denounced.. ( b. c. 758.) 9 The show 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. 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they… Read the whole commentary →