Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
show—The Hebrew means, "that which may be known by their countenances" [GESENIUS and WEISS]. But MAURER translates, "Their respect for person"; so Syriac and Chaldee. But the parallel word "declare" favors the other view. KIMCHI, from the Arabic, translates "their hardness" (Job 19:3, Margin), or impudence of countenance (Jeremiah 3:3). They have lost not only the substance of virtue, but its color.
witness—literally, "corresponds" to them; their look answers to their inner character (Hosea 5:5).
declare— (Judges 1:13). "Foaming out their own shame"; so far from making it a secret, "glorying" in it (Philippians 3:19).
unto themselves—Compare "in themselves" (Proverbs 1:31; Proverbs 8:36; Jeremiah 2:19; Romans 1:27).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 3:9:
Isaiah 7:6
Isaiah 65:3
Jeremiah 2:19
Hosea 5:5
Obadiah 1:15
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