Isaiah 1:20 “But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For t…”

Isaiah 1:20

But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

World English Bible

but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword; for the LORD’s mouth has spoken it.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

But if ye refuse and be rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, [By] the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

Bible in Basic English

But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

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Cross references

“if ye refuse”

Isaiah 3:11 1 Samuel 12:25 2 Chronicles 36:14–16 Hebrews 2:1–3

Isaiah 3:11 · BSB

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

1 Samuel 12:25 · BSB

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

2 Chronicles 36:14–16 · BSB

Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Hebrews 2:1–3 · BSB

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

“for the mouth”

Isaiah 58:14 Isaiah 40:5 Numbers 23:19 Leviticus 26:33 Titus 1:2 1 Samuel 15:29

Isaiah 58:14 · BSB

then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Isaiah 40:5 · BSB

And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Numbers 23:19 · BSB

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Leviticus 26:33 · BSB

But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Titus 1:2 · BSB

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

1 Samuel 15:29 · BSB

Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

Also

Isaiah 65:12 Isaiah 3:25 Micah 4:4

Isaiah 65:12 · BSB

I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight…

Isaiah 3:25 · BSB

Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

Micah 4:4 · BSB

And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

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