Isa.3.9

Isaiah 3:9

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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.

Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah

God Will Remove the Leaders

Cross References

Romans 6:23

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For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Wages of Sin

Believers Are Dead to Sin, Alive to God

Revelation 11:8

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And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

The Witnesses Killed and Raised

The Two Witnesses

Genesis 4:5

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But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

Cain and Abel

The First Murder

Genesis 13:13

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But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

Lot Proceeds toward Sodom

Abram and Lot

Proverbs 8:36

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But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

The Excellence of Wisdom

Proverbs 15:32

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He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath

Isaiah 1:10

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¶ Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

Meaningless Offerings

God Has Had Enough

Isaiah 57:20

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But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

Healing for the Repentant

Evil Leaders Rebuked

Isaiah 59:12

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For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

Sin Separates Us from God

A Confession of Wickedness

Jeremiah 2:19

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Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

The Consequence of Israel’s Sin

Judah’s Apostasy

Jeremiah 8:12

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Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

Judah’s Sin and Punishment

The Sin and Treachery of Judah

Lamentations 5:16

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The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

A Prayer for Restoration

Ezekiel 16:30

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How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

Jerusalem’s Unfaithfulness

God’s Grace to Unfaithful Jerusalem

Ezekiel 16:49

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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.