Discovery BoxIsaiah 3:9-11 
Context3:9 The look on their faces 1 testifies to their guilt; 2
like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. 3
Too bad for them! 4
For they bring disaster on themselves.
3:10 Tell the innocent 5 it will go well with them, 6
for they will be rewarded for what they have done. 7
3:11 Too bad for the wicked sinners!
For they will get exactly what they deserve. 8
1 sn This refers to their proud, arrogant demeanor.
2 tn Heb “answers against them”; NRSV “bears witness against them.”
3 tn Heb “their sin, like Sodom, they declare, they do not conceal [it].”
4 tn Heb “woe to their soul.”
5 tn Or “the righteous” (KJV, NASB, NIV, TEV); NLT “those who are godly.”
6 tn Heb “that it is good.”
7 tn Heb “for the fruit of their deeds they will eat.”
8 tn Heb “for the work of his hands will be done to him.”
