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Isaiah 3:9
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Isaiah 3:9
9¶ 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.
9¶ *The shew of their countenance doeth witnesse against them, and they declare their sinne as Sodom, they hide it not: woe vnto their soule, for they haue rewarded euill vnto themselues.
- Gen. 13.13. and 18.21. and 19.5.
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DEFINED WORDS
Isaiah 3:9
To show; to make visible, reveal, declare, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
countenance
The face, facial appearance, or look that reveals a person's condition or disposition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One who testifies from knowledge; testimony; as a verb, to see, attest, or testify.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To make known, announce, or show clearly.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Transgression of the law of God; an offence against God; or the sinful principle or condition, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The city of Sodom near the Dead Sea, destroyed in the judgment recorded in Genesis.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To conceal or keep from sight or knowledge; to lie concealed. As a noun, an animal skin.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Gave or received a return, recompense, or requital for conduct or work, whether good or evil as stated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
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Open the full verse study20And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
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Open the full verse study32¶ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
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Open the full verse study30¶ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
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Open the full verse study16And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
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Open the full verse study5And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
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Open the full verse study3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
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Open the full verse study16As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.
17But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
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Open the full verse study15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
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Open the full verse study13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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Open the full verse study36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
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Open the full verse study4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
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Open the full verse study6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
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Open the full verse study23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Open the full verse study20And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
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Open the full verse study9¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
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