His very looks condemn him/ one may read from his face that…

The expression on his face testified to that. His face concealed his true feelings.

("Their cutting off of their faces has been a punishment for them, and their sin has been like their sin. They have said, "They have not found fault with themselves, because they have done evil to them" - Isaiah 39 (about the people of Jerusalem and Judah), and so: "Behold, the cutting off of your face has been a punishment for you, because there are seven abominations in your heart" - Abraham Mapu/ Ayit Tsebua, 15, and so: "Until God, and the cutting off of her face will also be punished for it/ How many nights have passed before that day, like the nights of a year" - H.N. Bialik/ Widows, and so on: "And the house was filled with people from mouth to mouth, whose faces were covered with tears, and they were great in the world" - Shai Agnon/ Sifurei HaBe'sat, the Arizal thanks the Be'sat)

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