Isaias 3:9

Filipino Cebuano Bible

9 Ang panagway sa ilang nawong nagasaksi batok kanila; ug ilang ipasundayag ang ilang sala sama sa Sodoma, wala nila taboni kini. Alaut sa ilang kalag! kay nagabuhat sila ug dautan sa ilang kaugalingon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The show: Isaiah 3:16, 1 Samuel 15:32, 2 Kings 9:30, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 73:6, Psalms 73:7, Proverbs 30:13, Jeremiah 3:3, Jeremiah 6:15, Daniel 7:20

and they declare: Genesis 13:13, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 19:5-9, Jeremiah 44:16, Jeremiah 44:17, Ezekiel 23:16

Woe: Lamentations 5:16, Hosea 13:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:34 - General 1 Samuel 2:23 - by all 2 Samuel 13:4 - from day to day 2 Samuel 16:22 - went in Psalms 18:27 - bring Proverbs 6:17 - A proud look Jeremiah 2:19 - Thine Jeremiah 8:12 - ashamed when Ezekiel 3:7 - all the Ezekiel 16:25 - at every Ezekiel 16:30 - the work Ezekiel 16:49 - pride Ezekiel 21:24 - your transgressions Ezekiel 23:18 - discovered Ezekiel 23:39 - they came Ezekiel 24:7 - her blood Hosea 5:5 - the pride John 18:5 - stood Acts 23:14 - General Revelation 17:5 - upon

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them,.... The word translated "shew" is only used in this place. Some derive it from נכר, "to know", in the conjugations Piel and Hiphil; and render it, "the knowledge of their countenance" f; that is, that which may be known by their countenances; the countenance oftentimes shows what is in the heart, the cruel disposition of the mind, the pride and vanity of it, the uncleanness and lasciviousness that is in it; to this our version agrees, and which is confirmed by the Chaldee paraphrase,

"the knowledge of their countenance in judgment doth testify against them;''

as they appear there, so it may be judged of them; their guilt flies in their face, and fills them with shame and confusion; and so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "the shame of their face"; but others derive it from הכר, which has the signification of hardness in the Arabic language, and as it is thought by some to have in Job 19:3 and render it, "the hardness of their countenance"; so R. Joseph Kimchi, and others g, meaning their impudence h; not only their words and actions, but their impudent looks, show what they are; which agrees with what follows:

and they declare their sin as Sodom, and

hide [it] not; commit it openly, without fear or shame; glory in it, and boast of it, as the Jews did in their crucifixion of Christ, and their evil treatment of him:

woe to their soul, for they have rewarded evil unto themselves; they have brought upon themselves, soul and body, the just recompence of reward; they have been the cause of their own ruin, and have wronged their own souls.

f הכרת פניהים "cognitio vultus eorum", Munster, Vatablus, V. L. g "Obfermatio", Janius Tremellius "durities", Piscator. h So Schindler renders the Arabic word , "hacar", impudence. Vid. Castel. Lexic. col. 846.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The 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 ‛ân^etâh). 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 character, and betrays their plans. The prophet refers here to the great law in physiology that the emotions of the heart will be usually “expressed” in the countenance; and that by the marks of pride, vanity, and malice there depicted, we may judge of the heart; or as it is expressed in our translation, that the expression of the face will “witness” against a wicked man.

They declare ... - By their deeds. Their crimes are open and bold. There is no attempt at concealment.

As Sodom - see Genesis 19:5; compare the note at Isaiah 1:10.

Wo unto their soul - They shall bring woe upon themselves; they deserve punishment. This is an expression denoting the highest abhorrence of their crimes.

They have rewarded evil ... - They have brought the punishment upon themselves by their own sins.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 3:9. The 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-they announce the presence of the destroyer.

They declare their sin as Sodom — Impure propensities are particularly legible in the eyes: whoever has beheld the face of a debauchee or a prostitute knows this; of these it may be said, they wish to appear what they really are. They glory in their iniquity. This is the highest pitch of ungodliness.

They have rewarded evil unto themselves. — Every man's sin is against his own soul. Evil awaiteth sinners-and he that offends his God injures himself.