Isaiah 1:19

If you are willing to obey me, I will enable you to have plenty to eat.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

In Context

18Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though the guilt of your sins be as evident and as difficult to get rid of as [SIM] red stains on a white garment [DOU], I will get rid of them completely like someone who can make that stained garment become as white as snow or wool [DOU].

20But, if you turn away from me and rebel against me, you will be killed by your enemies’ swords. That will surely happen, because I, Yahweh, have said it.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:19And crops will grow well on the land, and you will have plenty to eat.

Leviticus 26:5You will continue harvesting and threshing grain until it is time to harvest grapes, and you will continue to harvest grapes until it is time to start planting things in the following year. And you will have all the food that you want to eat, and you will live safely in your land.

Isaiah 3:10Yahweh told me to tell the righteous people that good things will happen to them; they will enjoy the blessings that they will receive for their good deeds.

Isaiah 55:2What you really need is to have a close relationship with me, so ◄why do you spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need?/you should not spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need.► [RHQ] ◄Why do you work hard to get money to buy things that do not <satisfy your inner beings/cause you to be happy>?► [RHQ] Pay attention to what I say and acquire what is really good [MET]! If you do that, then you will truly be happy [MET].

Isaiah 58:14I will enable you to be joyful. I will greatly honor you; I will honor you everywhere! I will give to you the blessings that I gave to your ancestor Jacob. Those things will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.”

Jeremiah 7:3The Commander of the armies of angels says to you, 'If you stop doing evil things and start doing what is right, I will allow you to remain living in your land.'

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 →

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