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Isaiah 1:19-20 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 1 · verses 19–20
19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.Isaiah 1:19-20 · King James Version
Isaiah 1:19-20 in context
17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
Commentary
Cross references
- Deuteronomy 30:15-16
- Isaiah 3:10
- Joel 2:26
- Hebrews 5:9
- Isaiah 55:6-7
- Matthew 21:28-32
- Isaiah 55:1-3
- Jeremiah 31:18-20
Key words (Strong's)
- obedientshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- willingʼâbâhto breathe afterH14 →
- refusemâʼênto refuseH3985 →
- rebelmârâhto be bitterH4784 →
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- goodṭûwbgood , in the widest sense, especially goodness , beauty, gladness, welfareH2898 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Though God had rejected their services as insufficient to atone for their sins while they persisted in them, yet he does not reject them as in a hopeless condition, but here calls upon them to forsake their sins, which hindered the acceptance of their services, and then all would be well.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-20