Isaiah 1:19
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.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
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Compare
- BSB
- If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
- KJV
- If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
- WEB
- If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land;
- ASV
- If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
- DARBY
- If ye be willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;
- BLB
- If you⁺ are willing and obey, [then] the good of the land you⁺ will eat.
- ÅB
- Er dere villige og hører, skal dere spise landets gode ting,
- OTB
- Hvis dere er villige og adlyder, skal dere nyte landets gode;
- B1930
- Er I villige og hører, skal I ete landets gode ting,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 30:15–16
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
Read in contextIsaiah 3:10
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Read in contextJoel 2:26
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Read in contextHebrews 5:9
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Read in contextIsaiah 55:6–7
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Read in contextMatthew 21:28–32
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:1–3
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.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:18–20
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
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