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Complete Jewish Bible

Isaiah 1:20

but if you refuse and rebel, you will be eaten by the sword"; for the mouth of Adonai has spoken.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Condescension of God;   Fear of God;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Reward;   Will;   Thompson Chain Reference - War;   War-Peace;   The Topic Concordance - Disobedience;   Obedience;   Rebellion;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Obedience to God;   Rebellion against God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Church;   Ethics;   Forgiveness;   God;   Israel;   John the baptist;   Prophecy, prophet;   Race;   Sacrifice;   Type, typology;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Legalism;   Will;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arms;   Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Expiation, Propitiation;   Isaiah;   Mouth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Anger (Wrath) of God;   Gift, Giving;   Isaiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Self-Examination;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Isaiah;   Semites;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alliteration and Kindred Figures;   God;   Saint-John's-Bread;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But if you refuse and rebel,you will be devoured by the sword.”For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Hebrew Names Version
But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken it."
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.
English Standard Version
but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
New American Standard Bible
But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
New Century Version
But if you refuse to obey and if you turn against me, you will be destroyed by your enemies' swords." The Lord himself said these things.
Amplified Bible
But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
World English Bible
But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if ye refuse and be rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Legacy Standard Bible
But if you refuse and rebel,You will be eaten by the sword."For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.
Berean Standard Bible
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Contemporary English Version
But if you turn against me, your enemies will kill you. I, the Lord , have spoken.
Darby Translation
but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
Easy-to-Read Version
But if you refuse to listen and rebel against me, your enemies will destroy you." The Lord himself said this.
George Lamsa Translation
But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
Good News Translation
But if you defy me, you are doomed to die. I, the Lord , have spoken."
Lexham English Bible
But if you refuse and you rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword. For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken."
Literal Translation
But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf ye be obstinate and rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the swerde: for thus the LORDE hath promised with his owne mouth.
American Standard Version
but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken.
King James Version (1611)
But if yee refuse and rebell, yee shalbe deuoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But yf ye be obstinate and rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sworde: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken [it.]
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
but if ye be not willing, nor hearken to me, a sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.
English Revised Version
but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if ye nylen, and ye terren me to wrathfulnesse, swerd schal deuoure you; for whi the mouth of the Lord spak.
Update Bible Version
but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
Webster's Bible Translation
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].
New English Translation
But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." Know for certain that the Lord has spoken.
New King James Version
But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword"; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
New Living Translation
But if you turn away and refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies. I, the Lord , have spoken!"
New Life Bible
But if you are not willing and turn against Me, you will be destroyed by the sword." For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
New Revised Standard
but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if ye refuse and rebel, With the sword, shall ye be devoured, For, the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Revised Standard Version
But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has 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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword." Truly, the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Contextual Overview

16 "Wash yourselves clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing evil, 17 learn to do good! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, defend orphans, plead for the widow. 18 "Come now," says Adonai , "let's talk this over together. Even if your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow; even if they are red as crimson, they will be like wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land; 20 but if you refuse and rebel, you will be eaten by the sword"; for the mouth of Adonai has spoken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if ye refuse: Isaiah 3:11, 1 Samuel 12:25, 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, Hebrews 2:1-3

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

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:14 - he refuseth Exodus 9:2 - General Deuteronomy 11:28 - General Deuteronomy 15:5 - General Deuteronomy 28:45 - Moreover 1 Samuel 12:15 - But if ye 2 Samuel 2:26 - sword 1 Kings 8:15 - which spake 2 Chronicles 33:8 - so that they Job 34:37 - rebellion Job 36:12 - if Psalms 5:10 - they Isaiah 21:17 - for Jeremiah 4:17 - because Jeremiah 6:25 - the sword Jeremiah 7:19 - they provoke Jeremiah 8:5 - they refuse Jeremiah 17:27 - ye will Jeremiah 21:8 - I set Jeremiah 22:5 - if Jeremiah 26:4 - If Jeremiah 38:21 - if thou Jeremiah 46:14 - the sword Ezekiel 39:24 - General Micah 4:4 - for Zechariah 7:11 - they refused

Cross-References

Genesis 1:7
God made the dome and divided the water under the dome from the water above the dome; that is how it was,
Genesis 1:14
(A: ii) God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to divide the day from the night; let them be for signs, seasons, days and years;
Genesis 1:22
Then God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, multiply and fill the water of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
Genesis 1:24
(A: iii) God said, "Let the earth bring forth each kind of living creature — each kind of livestock, crawling animal and wild beast"; and that is how it was.
Genesis 1:25
God made each kind of wild beast, each kind of livestock and every kind of animal that crawls along the ground; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:30
And to every wild animal, bird in the air and creature crawling on the earth, in which there is a living soul, I am giving as food every kind of green plant." And that is how it was.
Genesis 2:19
So from the ground Adonai , God, formed every wild animal and every bird that flies in the air, and he brought them to the person to see what he would call them. Whatever the person would call each living creature, that was to be its name.
Genesis 8:17
Bring out with you every living thing you have with you — birds, livestock and every animal that creeps on the earth — so that they can swarm on the earth, be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
1 Kings 4:33
King Shlomo was king over all Isra'el, and these were his high officials: ‘Azaryah the son of Tzadok, the cohen; Elichoref and Achiyah the sons of Shisha, secretaries; Y'hoshafat the son of Achilud, secretary of state; B'nayah the son of Y'hoyada, commander of the army; Tzadok and Evyatar, cohanim; ‘Azaryah the son of Natan, chief administrator; Zavud the son of Natan, the king's trusted counselor; Achishar, in charge of the palace; Adoniram the son of ‘Avda, in charge of forced labor. Shlomo had twelve officers over all Isra'el who were in charge of providing food and supplies for the king and his household; each one was in charge of provisions for one month out of the year. They were: the son of Hur, in the hills of Efrayim; the son of Deker, in Makatz, Sha‘albim, Beit-Shemesh and Eilon-Beit-Hanan; the son of Hesed, in Arubot; he also had charge of Sokhoh and all the territory of Hefer; the son of Avinadav, in all the area of Dor; he had Tafat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife; Ba‘ana the son of Achilud, in Ta‘anakh, Megiddo, and all Beit-Sh'an by Tzartan below Yizre‘el, from Beit-Sh'an to Avel-M'cholah, as far as beyond Yokme‘am; the son of Gever, in Ramot-Gil‘ad; he was in charge of the villages of Ya'ir the son of M'nasheh in Gil‘ad and in charge of the region of Argov in Bashan, sixty large cities with walls and bronze bars; Achinadav the son of ‘Iddo, in Machanayim; Achima‘atz, in Naftali; he also took Basmat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife; Ba‘ana the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Alot; Y'hoshafat the son of Paruach, in Yissakhar; Shim‘i the son of Ela, in Binyamin; and Gever the son of Uri, in the land of Gil‘ad, the country of Sichon king of the Emori and ‘Og king of Bashan. Over all these, there was one administrator in the land. Y'hudah and Isra'el were as numerous as sand grains on the seashore; they ate, drank and enjoyed themselves.
Psalms 148:10
wild animals and all livestock, creeping reptiles, flying birds,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if ye refuse and rebel,.... The Targum is, "and do not receive my Word"; the Messiah, when come, neither his person, nor his doctrines and ordinances:

ye shall be devoured with the sword; of the Roman armies, as they were under Titus Vespasian; see Matthew 22:7

for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken [it]; now, by Isaiah, as well as in former times, Leviticus 26:25.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But if ye refuse, ye shall be devoured with the sword - Your enemies shall come in, and lay waste the land. This prediction was fulfilled, in consequence of their continuing to rebel, when the land was desolated by Nebuchadnezzar, and the nation was carried captive to Babylon. It illustrates a general principle of the divine government, that if people persevere in rebelling against God, they shall be destroyed. The word devour is applied to the sword, as if it were insatiable for destruction. Whatever destroys may be figuratively said to devour; see the notes at Isaiah 34:5-6; compare Isaiah 5:24; Lamentations 2:3; Ezekiel 15:4; Joel 2:3; Revelation 11:5 - where fire is said to devour.

The mouth of the Lord - Yahweh Himself. This had been spoken by the mouth of the Lord, and recorded, Leviticus 26:33 :

And I will scatter you among the heathen,

And will draw out a sword after you;

And your land shall be desolate

And your cities waste.

On these points God proposed to reason; or rather, perhaps, these principles are regarded as reasonable, or as commending themselves to men. They are the great principles of the divine administration, that if people obey God they shall prosper; if not, they shall be punished. They commend themselves to people as just and true; and they are seen and illustrated every where.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 1:20. Ye shall be devoured with the sword - "Ye shall be food for the sword"] The Septuagint and Vulgate read תאכלכם tochalchem, "the sword shall devour you;" which is of much more easy construction than the present reading of the text.

The Chaldee seems to read בחרב אויב תאכלו bechereb oyeb teachelu, "ye shall be consumed by the sword of the enemy." The Syriac also reads בחרב bechereb and renders the verb passively. And the rhythmus seems to require this addition. - Dr. JUBB.


 
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