Isaiah 1:20
But, if ye refuse and rebel, With the sword, shall ye be devoured, For, the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken it.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19If ye be willing—and hearken Of the good of the land, shall ye eat;
Cross References
Leviticus 26:25And will bring in upon you a sword that shall inflict the covenanted avenging: So shall ye be gathered into your cities,—Then will I send a pestilence into your midst, And ye shall be delivered into the hand of an enemy.
Numbers 23:19GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor a son of Adam, that he should repent,—Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast?
1 Samuel 15:29Moreover also, the Eminence of Israel, will not lie, neither will he repent,—For no, iron of earth, is, he, to repent!
Job 36:12But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.
Isaiah 3:25Thy males, by the sword shall fall,—And, thy mighty men, by the war;
Isaiah 58:14Then, shalt thou rest thine own exquisite delight upon Yahweh, …And I will cause thee to ride over the high places of the land,—And will feed thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy father, For the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken.
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 →