But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Parallel translations
- WEB but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
- KJV But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
- NKJV But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
- NASB But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
- NLT But if you turn away and refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
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Quick answer
But if they refuse and rebel, they will be devoured by the sword, for the LORD has spoken it. Persistent rebellion brings certain judgment.
Overview
This is the covenant curse paired with the blessing of verse 19, setting before them life or death. The certainty rests on the unbreakable word of the LORD Himself. The choice between obedient blessing and rebellious judgment runs throughout Scripture and finds its resolution in receiving or rejecting Christ.
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Cross-references · 13
- Isa 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
- Isa 58:14then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Num 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isa 40:5And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
- Isa 3:25Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
- Isa 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- 2 Chr 36:14–16Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
- Mic 4:4And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
- Lev 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- 1 Sam 12:25But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
- 1 Sam 15:29Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- Heb 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
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