But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Parallel translations
- WEB but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
- BSB But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- 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 65:12Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
- Isa 58:14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
- Num 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
- Isa 40:5And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
- Isa 3:25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
- Isa 3:11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- 2 Chr 36:14–16Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
- Mic 4:4But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
- Lev 26:33And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
- Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- 1 Sam 12:25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
- 1 Sam 15:29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
- Heb 2:1–3Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
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