Isaiah 1:19

What does Isaiah 1:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 1:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

If ye be willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;

Context

v.18Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

v.19This passage

v.20but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 30:15

    See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

  • Hosea 14:1

    O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

  • Jeremiah 31:18

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.

  • Isaiah 55:1

    Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

  • Isaiah 3:10

    Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

  • Hebrews 5:9

    and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

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