English Standard Version
Isaiah 1:19
19If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
Isaiah 1:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
- New International Version (NIV)If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land;
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
- New Living Translation (NLT)If you will only obey me, you will have plenty to eat.
Context of Isaiah 1:19
17learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. 18"Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; 20but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken." 21How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
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אִם־תֹּאב֖וּ וּשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם ט֥וּב הָאָ֖רֶץ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 1:19
- Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
- Isaiah 55:1"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
- Jeremiah 3:12Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the Lord; I will not be angry forever.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the Lord my God.
- Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
- Joel 2:26"You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
- Matthew 21:28"What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'
- Hebrews 5:9And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
Commentaries on Isaiah 1:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Ye shall eat the good of the land - Referring to Isaiah 1:7; : it shall not be "devoured by strangers."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19If ye be willing - If you submit your wills, and become voluntary in your obedience to my law. And obedient - Hebrew If you will hear; that is, my commands. Ye shall eat - That is, the land shall yield its increase; and you shall be saved from pestilence, war, famine, etc. The productions of the soil shall no more be devoured by strangers, Isaiah 1:7; compare the notes at Isaiah 65:21-23. This was in accordance with the promises which God made to their…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-20Verses 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, a double dye, first in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20Repentance leads to life. Resisting God's will and turning away from him leads to death (see Deuteronomy 11:26–28; 28:1–62).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2019-20. 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).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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