Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 3:9
The shew of their countenance] i.e. their expression; the meaning being that their character may be read in their face. But RM has, 'Their respecting of persons doth witness,' etc.
The shew of their countenance] i.e. their expression; the meaning being that their character may be read in their face. But RM has, 'Their respecting of persons doth witness,' etc.
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. T...
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...
CHAPTER 3 Judgments upon the Rulers and the Daughters Of Zion 1. _The judgment against the rulers (Isaiah 3:1)_ 2. _Jerusalem's sad condition (Isaiah 3:8)_ 3. _Jehovah's message (Isaiah 3:10)_ 4. The...
JUDAH TO BE PUNISHED WITH ANARCHY. The date is uncertain. That it was early in the reign of Ahaz is a dubious inference from Isaiah 3:12. The pillars of society will be removed, and control will thus...
SHEW. expression. WITNESS. testify. DECLARE. HIDE IT NOT. have declared. have not hidden. SODOM. See Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 1:10. THEIR SOUL. them (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
CHAPTER THREE 3. THE VENGEANCE UPON DECADENCE Isaiah 3:1 to Isaiah 4:1 a. THE WEALTHY TEXT: Isaiah 3:1-15 1 For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah s...
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. THE SHOW OF THEIR C...
3:9 brought (i-28) Lit. 'rewarded.'...
Proud behaviour (verse 9) causes moral failures in words and deeds. Such failures must affect both personal life and national life. That is God’s law. GOD’S JUDGEMENT V13 As if he were standing in c...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 3 DESPAIR IN *JERUSALEM V1 See what the *Lord (commander of...
THEY DECLARE THEIR SIN AS SODOM. — The comparison is, it should be remembered, of probably an earlier date than that in Isaiah 1:10. In the reign of Ahaz (perhaps the prophet, editing in his old age,...
הַכָּרַ֤ת פְּנֵיהֶם֙ עָ֣נְתָה בָּ֔ם וְ חַטָּאתָ֛ם...
CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, o...
AN EXHORTATION TO HUMILITY AND REVERENCE Isaiah 2:12-22; Isaiah 3:1-12 If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be compelle...
The prophet now deals with judgment in greater detail, and shows how it will proceed against the rulers and against the women. The judgment in the case of the rulers is to be the destruction of true g...
The (h) show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide [it] not. Woe to their soul! for they have rewarded evil to themselves. (h) When God examin...
_Shew, ( agnitio.) "Knowledge." (Worthington) --- Impudence, &c. (Calmet) --- Hacurath (Haydock) occurs no where else. (Calmet) --- From their countenance we may judge that they are proud, &c. (Menoch...
The prophet plainly shows by these verses, that the sin is universal. All ranks and all orders of the people are involved in the same sin, and consequently the same punishment. It is a melancholy stat...
9._The proof of their countenance will answer in them, _or, _will answer against them _(59) As the Prophet had to do with impudent and brazen-faced hypocrites, who impudently boasted that they were go...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4. Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the inv...
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...
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. Ver. 9. _The show o...
_The show of their countenance_ Their pride, wantonness, and impiety, manifestly show themselves in their very looks and whole behaviour, and will be swift witnesses against them, both before God and...
GOD'S THREAT OF PUNISHMENT...
The show of their countenance, their whole appearance, the boldness expressed in their entire conduct, DOTH WITNESS AGAINST THEM, their vices being imprinted upon their foreheads; AND THEY DECLARE THE...
1-9 God was about to deprive Judah of every stay and support. The city and the land were to be made desolate, because their words and works had been rebellious against the Lord; even at his holy temp...
THE SHOW OF THEIR COUNTENANCE DOTH WITNESS AGAINST THEM; their pride, and wantonness, and impiety manifestly shows itself in their very looks and carriages, and will be swift witness against them both...
Isaiah 3:9 look H1971 countenance H6440 them H6030 (H8804) declare H5046 (H8689) sin H2403 Sodom H5467 hide...
ALL THAT JERUSALEM/JUDAH DEPEND ON IS TO BE TAKEN AWAY SO THAT SOCIETY WILL DISINTEGRATE TOWARDS EVEN MORE EVIL (ISAIAH 3:1 A). Having covered world judgment Isaiah now brings it home to the local sit...
WHAT MEN SOW THEY WILL REAP - A WISDOM SONG (ISAIAH 3:9). Isaiah 3:9 ‘Woe to them themselves, For they have rewarded themselves with evil. Say of the righteous that it is well, For they will eat...
CONTENTS: The coming desolations of Jerusalem because of sin and the judgment of sinners. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: Whatever evil befalls sinners, it is of their own procuring. Those who...
Isaiah 3:1. _Behold, the Lord doth take away from Jerusalem the whole stay of bread._ This threatening is understood of the Chaldean invasion in the reign of Jechoniah, and after the death of king Jos...
_The shew of their countenance doth witness against them_ CHARACTER REVEALED IN THE COUNTENANCE What is meant is the insolent look which their sinfulness is stamping upon their faces, without the se...
SHAMELESS SINNERS Isaiah 3:9. _They declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not_. Extremes are generally detestable: equatorial heat, arctic cold; the speaker whom we must strain to hear, the orator...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 3:1 GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON JERUSALEM. The general denunciations against Israel of the two preceding chapters are here turned especially against Jerusalem. God will deprive her of all h...
For, behold, 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, the mighty men, and the man of war, the judge...
1 Samuel 15:32; 2 Kings 9:30; Daniel 7:20; Ezekiel 23:16; Genesis 13:
The shew — Their pride, and wantonness, and impiety m manifestly shews itself in their very looks. They declare — They act it publickly, casting off all fear of God and reverence to men. Rewarded — Pr...