20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
20 but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
20 but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
20 But if you're willful and stubborn, you'll die like dogs." That's right. God says so. Those Who Walk Out on God
20 But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword"; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
20 But if you turn away and refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies. I, the Lord, have spoken!"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 1:20
Commentary on Isaiah 1:16-20
(Read Isaiah 1:16-20)
Not only feel sorrow for the sin committed, but break off the practice. We must be doing, not stand idle. We must be doing the good the Lord our God requires. It is plain that the sacrifices of the law could not atone, even for outward national crimes. But, blessed be God, there is a Fountain opened, in which sinners of every age and rank may be cleansed. Though our sins have been as scarlet and crimson, a deep dye, a double dye, first in the wool of original corruption, and afterwards in the many threads of actual transgression; though we have often dipped into sin, by many backslidings; yet pardoning mercy will take out the stain, Psalm 51:7. They should have all the happiness and comfort they could desire. Life and death, good and evil, are set before us. O Lord, incline all of us to live to thy glory.