Isaiah 1:20
But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Know for certain that the LORD has spoken.
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- Isa 40:5 : 5 The splendor of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it at the same time. For the LORD has decreed it.”
- Isa 58:14 : 14 Then you will find joy in your relationship to the LORD, and I will give you great prosperity, and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” Know for certain that the LORD has spoken.
- Isa 65:12 : 12 I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me.”
- Mic 4:4 : 4 Each will sit under his own grapevine or under his own fig tree without any fear. The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has decreed it.
- Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before time began.
- Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?
- 1 Sam 12:25 : 25 But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
- 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 The Preeminent One of Israel does not go back on his word or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.”
- 2 Chr 36:14-16 : 14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. They defiled the LORD’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem. 15 The Babylonians Destroy Jerusalem The LORD God of their ancestors continually warned them through his messengers, for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the LORD got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.
- Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
- Isa 3:25 : 25 Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle.
- Heb 2:1-3 : 1 Warning Against Drifting Away Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
- Lev 26:33 : 33 I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.
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19If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.
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25But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
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15But if you don’t obey the LORD and rebel against what the LORD says, the hand of the LORD will be against both you and your king.
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14Because of that, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, said to me,“Because these people have spoken like this, I will make the words that I put in your mouth like fire. And I will make this people like wood which the fiery judgments you speak will burn up.”
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14You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.
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20Just like the nations the LORD is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you because you would not obey him.
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38You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.
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21But if you refuse to surrender, the LORD has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw:
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7You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.
8As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”
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5But, if you do not obey these commands, I solemnly swear that this palace will become a pile of rubble. I, the LORD, affirm it!”
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6A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.
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2If they ask you,‘Where should we go?’ tell them the LORD says this:“Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease. Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war. Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation. Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile.”
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12But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.
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8You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,’ declares the Sovereign LORD.
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28If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, tell them that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says‘You most certainly must drink it!
29For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. So how can you possibly avoid being punished? You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, affirm it!’
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28All rebellious sinners will be shattered, those who abandon the LORD will perish.
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17But I will completely uproot and destroy any of those nations that will not pay heed,’” says the LORD.
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37Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the LORD.
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2From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the treacherous desire the fruit of violence.
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12I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me.”
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23“‘If in spite of these things you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me,
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15The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.
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30“It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion.”
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29Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment.”
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16For the LORD judges all humanity with fire and his sword; the LORD will kill many.
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17“Therefore this is what the LORD says:‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently. Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land. Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.’”
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14The Consequences of Disobedience“‘If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments–
15if you reject my statutes and abhor my regulations so that you do not keep all my commandments and you break my covenant–
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15There the fire will consume you; the sword will cut you down; it will devour you like the young locust would.The Assyrian Defenders Will Flee Multiply yourself like the young locust; multiply yourself like the flying locust!
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4You will lose your hold on the land which I gave to you as a permanent possession. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out.”
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31I will pour out my anger on you; the fire of my fury I will blow on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, who are skilled in destruction.
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24Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.
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3and say to them,‘This is what the LORD says: Look, I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
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27“‘If in spite of this you do not obey me but walk in hostility against me,
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15Then I said to the people of Judah,“Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the LORD has spoken.
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5This is what the LORD has said about the prophets who mislead my people,“If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.