Bible in Basic English
"If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;"
— Isaiah 1:19, Bible in Basic English
“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:”
“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: ”
“If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;”
“If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.”
“If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.”
“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:”
Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?
If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;
But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.
The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.
Your silver is no longer true metal, your wine is mixed with water.