Isaiah 1:20

“But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.”

"But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it." - Isaiah 1:20
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What does Isaiah 1:20 mean?

Isaiah 1:20 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." This verse is part of a larger passage in which the prophet Isaiah is speaking on behalf of God, delivering a…

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The Divine Call to Obedience: Heeding the Words of the Lord

In Isaiah 1:20, we find a sobering warning from the Almighty: "But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it." This verse encapsulates a critical moment in the life of God’s people, Israel, and it speaks to us today…

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A Prayer for Humility and Obedience to Divine Counsel

Heavenly Father, As I come before You, I am reminded of Your greatness and majesty. Your ways are higher than our ways, and Your thoughts exceed our own, as it is written: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD" (Isaiah 55:8). Yet…

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Isaiah 1:20 - "But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it."
Isaiah 20:1 - "In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;"
Isaiah 3:20 - "The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,"
Isaiah 20:5 - "And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory."
2 Kings 20:1 - "In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live."
Isaiah 20:3 - "And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;"
Isaiah 8:20 - "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
2 Kings 20:16 - "And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD."
Isaiah 42:20 - "Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not."
2 Kings 20:7 - "And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered."
Isaiah 29:20 - "For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:"
Isaiah 22:20 - "¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:"
2 Chronicles 32:20 - "And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven."
Isaiah 32:20 - "Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass."
Isaiah 59:20 - "¶ And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD."
"In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;" - Isaiah 20:1
Isaiah 57:20 - "But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt."
Isaiah 28:20 - "For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it."
2 Kings 20:4 - "And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,"
Isaiah 20:2 - "At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot."
"The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings," - Isaiah 3:20
Isaiah 41:20 - "That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it."
"And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory." - Isaiah 20:5
Isaiah 2:1 - "The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem."
Isaiah 1:1 - "The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah."
Isaiah 13:1 - "The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see."
Isaiah 51:20 - "Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God."
Isaiah 38:20 - "The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD."
Isaiah 60:1