9The 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.
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But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; …
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
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.
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-15)Here God proceeds in his controversy with his people. Observe, I. The ground of his controversy. It was for sin that God contended with them; if they vex themselves, let them look a little further and they will see that they must thank themselves: Woe unto their souls! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves. Alas for their souls ! (so it may be read, in a way of lamentation), for they have pr…
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