Isaiah 3:9
9 The shew [hakkarah] of their
countenance [paniym] doth witness against them;
[`anah] and they declare [nagad] their sin [chatta'ah] as
Sodom, [Cadom] they hide [kachad] it not. Woe ['owy] unto
their soul [nephesh]! for they have rewarded [gamal] evil [ra`] unto themselves. KJV-Interlinear
9 The
expression of their faces bears witness against them. And they display their
sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought
evil on themselves. NASB
When people reject truth,
is becomes a reflection off of their very faces. Their sins are obvious. Their attitude is not hidden from public view. Their faces demonstrate their countenance,
their expressions demonstrate their pride, their ego, their smugness, their
arrogance, their impudence.
Witness against them, is
a reference to the expression of the face, the outward look, as it correlates
to the content of their soul. Their soul
is degenerate, and therefore their outward appearance and actions reflect that
content. What the spiritually
dysfunctional, the spiritually destitute soul portrays, is nothing short of
evil.
As Sodom, means that in
Sodom all sin was public and not hidden from anyone. And so it is with all evil people.
Sooner or later as the
evil consumes the soul, then their morals, their integrity, their attitude,
their conscience all come to the surface and they care nothing about what they
think, or say, or do, and they care nothing of what others see or think of
them. They do not even attempt to hide their
true thoughts or opinions. Their
attitude is open and bold.
Woe to their soul, means
they bring woe upon themselves.
They have rewarded evil,
means that whatever punishment they receive, they have done it to
themselves. They have no excuses, no one
to blame.
Evil visits evil. Perpetual judgment is the reward of perpetual
evil.
Nothing good ever comes
out of evil. Nothing positive ever comes
out of evil. If you choose to reside
outside of truth and inside of evil, then you are your own worst enemy. You destroy yourself. Like a cancer, evil consumes its host.
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