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Isaiah 1:20

Isaiah 1:20 is verse 20 of Isaiah chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

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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.

World English Bible

but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword; for Yahweh’s mouth has spoken it.”

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Isaiah 1:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

20 But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

21 See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

22 Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

1 Samuel 12:25

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

2 Chronicles 36:14

Furthermore, 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 Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:15

Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Hebrews 2:1

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Hebrews 2:2

For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

Isaiah 40:5

And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

Isaiah 58:14

then 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.

Leviticus 26:33

But 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.

Numbers 23:19

God 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?

1 Samuel 15:29

Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

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