19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword”;
(A)For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

The Degenerate City

21 (B)How the faithful city has become a [a]harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now (C)murderers.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:21 Unfaithful

19 If you are willing and obedient,(A)
    you will eat the good things of the land;(B)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(C)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”(D)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(E)

21 See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!(F)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness(G) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!(H)

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