Isaiah 1:20
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Isaiah 1:20 in other translations
| BSB | But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. |
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| WEB | but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword; for the LORD’s mouth has spoken it.” |
| ASV | but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it. |
| YLT | And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, By the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. |
| DARBY | but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. |
| BBE | But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said. |
| Webster | But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. |
What does Isaiah 1:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 1:19-20
19-20. Temporal blessings in "the land of their possession" were prominent in the Old Testament promises, as suited to the childhood of the Church (Ex 3:17). New Testament spiritual promises derive their imagery from the former (Mt 5:5).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 1:16-20
Not only feel sorrow for the sin committed, but break off the practice. We must be doing, not stand idle. We must be doing the good the Lord our God requires. It is plain that the sacrifices of the law could not atone, even for outward national crimes. But, blessed be God, there is a Fountain opened, in which sinners of every age and rank may be cleansed. Though our sins have been as scarlet and crimson, a deep dye…
Isaiah 1:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 1:20
- Isaiah 65:12
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
- Isaiah 58:14
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
- Isaiah 40:5
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
- Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Isaiah 3:25
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
- Leviticus 26:33
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
- Micah 4:4
But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
- Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- 1 Samuel 12:25
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14-16
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
- Hebrews 2:1-3
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Isaiah 1:19
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
- Isaiah 1:20
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
- Isaiah 1:21
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Isaiah 1:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si no quisiereis y fuereis rebeldes, seréis consumidos á espada: porque la boca de Jehová lo ha dicho. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais si vous refusez, et que vous soyez rebelles, vous serez consumés par l’épée; car la bouche de l’ Éternel a parlé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn ihr euch aber weigert und widerspenstig seid, so sollt ihr vom Schwerte verzehrt werden. Denn der Mund Jehovas hat geredet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quod si nolueritis, et me ad iracundiam provocaveritis, gladius devorabit vos, quia os Domini locutum est. |