The shew of their countenance doth witness against them
Character revealed in the countenance
What is meant is the insolent look which their sinfulness is stamping upon their faces, without the self-condemnation which in others takes the form of dread to commit sin.
(F. Delitzsch.)
“Woe unto their soul”!
1. The condition of sinners is woeful and very deplorable.
2. It is the soul that is damaged and endangered by sin. Sinners may prosper in their outward estates, and yet there may be a woe to their souls.
3. Whatever evil befalls sinners, it is of their own procuring (Jer_2:19). (M. Henry.)
