New English Translation
Isaiah 1:19
19If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops 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;
- English Standard Version (ESV)If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
Context of Isaiah 1:19
17Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow! 18Come, let’s consider your options,” says the Lord. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool. If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land. 20But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Know for certain that the Lord has spoken. 21How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.
Read all of Isaiah 1Isaiah 1:19 word by word
אִם־תֹּאב֖וּ וּשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם ט֥וּב הָאָ֖רֶץ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 1:19
- Isaiah 3:10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.
- Isaiah 55:1“Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Jeremiah 3:12“Go and shout this message to my people in the countries in the north. Tell them, ‘Come back to me, wayward Israel,’ says the Lord. ‘I will not continue to look on you with displeasure. For I am merciful,’ says the Lord. ‘I will not be angry with you forever.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, ‘We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God.
- Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall!
- Joel 2:26You will have plenty to eat, and your hunger will be fully satisfied; you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has acted wondrously in your behalf. My people will never again be put to shame.
- Matthew 21:28“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
- Hebrews 5:9And by being perfected in this way, 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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