Isaiah 3:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Woe unto the wicked, (it shall be) ill (with him) - antithesis to "well" (Isaiah 3:10): emphatic ellipsis. The Hebrew is simply "ill!"

For the reward of his hands shall be given him. "Hands," his conduct; hands being the instrument of acts (Ecclesiastes 8:12-13).

Isaiah 3:11

11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be givenc him.