King James Version
Isaiah 1:19 in the King James Version says “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:”
Isaiah 1:19 · KJV
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. relieve: or, righten
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“and obedient”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“the good”
H2898good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
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