Isaiah 1:19

Modern

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

Traditional

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Literal

If you are willing and obey, then the good of the land you will eat.

Latin

Si volueritis, et audieritis me, bona terræ comeditis.

Hebrew

English

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

Repentance leads to life. Resisting God's will and turning away from him leads to death (see Deuteronomy 11:26–28; 28:1–62).

Theme notes and profiles

Deuteronomy 30:15–16
See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, as well as death and disaster.
Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Joel 2:26
You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Matthew 21:28–32
But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
Isaiah 55:1–3
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
Jeremiah 31:18–20
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
Jeremiah 3:12–14
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
Hosea 14:1–4
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.