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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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CHAPTER THREE
3.
THE VENGEANCE UPON DECADENCE Isaiah 3:1 to Isaiah 4:1
a. THE WEALTHY
TEXT: Isaiah 3:1-15
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For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem
and from Judah s...
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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...
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3:9 brought (i-28) Lit. 'rewarded.'...
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1. STAY AND THE STAFF] A prophecy of famine: cp. Isaiah 3:7, as the
clause following explains. But if the latter clause is a gloss then
'stay and staff' would refer to the classes upon which the stabi...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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הַכָּרַ֤ת פְּנֵיהֶם֙ עָ֣נְתָה בָּ֔ם
וְ חַטָּאתָ֛ם...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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GOD'S THREAT OF PUNISHMENT...
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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...
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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...
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Isaiah 3:9 look H1971 countenance H6440 them H6030 (H8804) declare
H5046 (H8689) sin H2403 Sodom H5467 hide...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 15:32; 2 Kings 9:30; Daniel 7:20; Ezekiel 23:16; Genesis 13:
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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...