Isaiah 1:20

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Summary

Isaiah 1:20

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

If ye refuse

For the mouth

General references

Ezekiel 39:24

Bible References

If ye refuse

How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them. What they have done to others will be done to them.

If you continue to sin, you and your king will be destroyed.

All the officials, the priests, and the people became increasingly unfaithful and followed all the disgusting practices of the nations. Although Jehovah made the Temple in Jerusalem holy, they made the Temple unclean.

Pay close attention to the things heard so we do not drift away.

For the mouth

The glory of Jehovah will be revealed and together all mankind will see it. For the mouth of Jehovah has spoken!

you will take delight in Jehovah! I will make you ride on the heights of the earth. I will feed you the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of Jehovah has spoken!

I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.

God is a not man that he should lie. He is not a son of man who changes his mind. Does he ever promise and not fulfill? Does he ever speak and not act?

The Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind. He is not a mortal who changes his mind.

It is in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal.

General references

If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them in slavery,

If this discipline does not help and you still resist,

Receive the curse when you do not listen to the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside from the way that I command you today, by following other gods you have not known.

He will bless you only if you listen carefully to Jehovah your God and faithfully obey all these commandments I give you today.

I paid them back for their uncleanness and their sins. I hid my face from them.'