Isaiah

Isaiah 1:19–20

¹⁹If you are willing and obedient,

you will eat the best of the land.

²⁰But if you resist and rebel,

you will be devoured by the sword.”

For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
you are willing	תֹּאב֖וּ	tō·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H14 be willing, consent
and obedient	וּשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם	ū·šə·ma‘·tem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H8085 hear
you will eat	תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃	tō·ḵê·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H398 eat
the best	ט֥וּב	ṭūḇ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2898 good things, goods, goodness
of the land	הָאָ֖רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But if	וְאִם־	wə·’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
you resist	תְּמָאֲנ֖וּ	tə·mā·’ă·nū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H3985 refuse
and rebel	וּמְרִיתֶ֑ם	ū·mə·rî·ṯem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H4784 be contentious, refractory, rebellious
you will be devoured	תְּאֻכְּל֔וּ	tə·’uk·kə·lū	Verb - QalPass - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H398 eat
by the sword	חֶ֣רֶב	ḥe·reḇ	Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
For	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the mouth	פִּ֥י	pî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6310 mouth
of the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has spoken	דִּבֵּֽר׃ס	dib·bêr	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 1:19 Deuteronomy 30:15–16 · Isaiah 3:10 · Joel 2:26 · Hebrews 5:9 · Isaiah 55:6–7 · Matthew 21:28–32 · Isaiah 55:1–3 · Jeremiah 31:18–20 · Jeremiah 3:12–14 · Hosea 14:1–4

Isaiah 1:20 Isaiah 65:12 · Isaiah 58:14 · Numbers 23:19 · Isaiah 40:5 · Isaiah 3:11 · Isaiah 3:25 · 1 Samuel 12:25 · Titus 1:2 · Leviticus 26:33 · Micah 4:4 · 2 Chronicles 36:14–16

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.