Study it in the app“The look of their faces testifies against them, and their sin, like Sodom, they proclaim; they do not hide it. Woe to their soul, for they have brought evil on themselves!”
The lookהַכָּרַתof their facesפְּנֵיהֶםtestifiesעָנְתָהagainst them,בָּםand their sin,וְחַטָּאתָםlike Sodom,כִּסְדֹםthey proclaim;הִגִּידוּthey do notלֹאhide it.כִחֵדוּWoeאוֹיto their soul,לְנַפְשָׁםforכִּיthey have broughtגָמְלוּevilרָעָהon themselves!לָהֶם
look; partiality
A look, the expression of the face; partiality.
Where else “hakarat” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appearstestify
To speak before a judge as a witness, for or against someone.
Where else “anta” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatata” appearsSodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedom” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higidu” appearshide
To hide something, keep silent about it.
Where else “chichedu” appearswoe, alas
Woe! A cry of lament or a warning of disaster.
Where else “oy” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsha” appearsrepay
To treat someone as they deserve.
Where else “gamlu” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears“The look of their faces” (הַכָּרַת פְּנֵיהֶם) can also be understood as “their partiality” (compare Proverbs 24:23, “to recognize faces”).
Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
8For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their tongue and their deeds are against YHWH, to rebel against the eyes of his glory.
9 · This verse (above)
10Say of the righteous that it will be well, for the fruit of their deeds they will eat.
