Isaiah 1:20
But if ye refuse and rebel, by the sword shall ye be devoured; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
19If ye be willing and obey, the best of the land shall ye eat;
Cross References
Leviticus 26:25And I will bring over you the sword, avenging the quarrel of my covenant, so that ye shall be gathered together within your cities; and then will I send the pestilence among you, that ye shall deliver yourselves into the hand of the enemy;
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? and hath he spoken, and shall he not fulfill it?
1 Samuel 15:29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Job 36:12But if they hearken not, they will pass away through the sword, and they will perish in want of knowledge.
Isaiah 3:25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty ones in the war.
Isaiah 58:14Then shalt thou find delight in the Lord; and I will cause thee to tread upon the high places of the earth, and I will cause thee to enjoy the inheritance of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:17-21
A Call to Repentance; Repentance and Reformation Urged. ( b. c. 738.) 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come 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. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the… Read the whole commentary →