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Isaiah 1:20

In 11 translations

BSB
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
KJV
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
WEB
but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword; for Yahweh’s mouth has spoken it.”
ASV
but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
LSV
And if you refuse, and have rebelled, || You are consumed [by] the sword,” || For the mouth of YHWH has spoken.
YLT
And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, [By] the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
DBY
but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
DRC
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.
GNV
But if ye refuse and be rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
JPS
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken.
LXXE
but if ye be not willing, nor hearken to me, a sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְאִם־תְּמָאֲנ֖וּ וּמְרִיתֶ֑ם חֶ֣רֶב תְּאֻכְּל֔וּ כִּ֛י פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃
LXX-Br
Ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλητε, μηδὲ εἰσακούσητέ μου, μάχαιρα ὑμᾶς κατέδεται· τὸ γὰρ στόμα Κυρίου ἐλάλησε ταῦτα.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 65:12I 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…
  • Isaiah 58:14then 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.
  • Numbers 23:19God 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?
  • Isaiah 40:5And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
  • Isaiah 3:25Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
  • Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:14–16Furthermore, 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…
  • Micah 4:4And 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.
  • Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  • 1 Samuel 12:25But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
  • Leviticus 26:33But 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.
  • Hebrews 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, how…
  • 1 Samuel 15:29Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

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