Isaiah 1:19
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
KJV
Si volueritis, et audieritis me, bona terræ comeditis.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐὰν θέλητε καὶ εἰσακούσητέ μου, τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς φάγεσθε·
LXX
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
ASV
אִם תֹּאב֖וּ וּ/שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם ט֥וּב הָ/אָ֖רֶץ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אָבָ֖ה
'bh
verb · 54×
ט֣וּב
tvb
noun · 32×
ם
m
verb · 811×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 2Thess 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- Deut 4:30 — When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
- Deut 11:27 — A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
- Deut 28:1 — And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set
- Deut 30:15 — See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
- Exod 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- Ezra 9:12 — Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land,
- Gen 45:20 — Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
- Heb 5:9 — And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
- Hos 14:1 — O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
- Isa 3:10 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Isa 25:6 — And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
- Isa 55:1 — Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
- Isa 55:2 — Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in f
- Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
- Isa 58:14 — Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken
- Jer 3:12 — Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will
- Jer 7:5 — For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
- Jer 21:8 — And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
- Jer 26:13 — Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
- Jer 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my Go
- Job 34:37 — For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
- Job 36:11 — If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
- Joel 2:26 — And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
- Lev 26:3 — If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
- Matt 21:28 — But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
- Ps 67:6 — Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
- Ps 81:8 — Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;