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 · 2000If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
KJV
King James Version · 1611If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If 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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