Isaiah 1:19 (YLT)

Passage

If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

Nearby Context

Isaiah 1:17 Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive <FI>for<Fi> the widow.

Isaiah 1:18 Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

Isaiah 1:19 If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

Isaiah 1:20 And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, <FI>By<Fi> the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

Isaiah 1:21 How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it <FI>with<Fi> judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it--now murderers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "willing", "hearkened", "good", "land", and "consume". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "willing" and "hearkened", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "Come I pray you and we reason..." into verse 20's "And if ye refuse and have rebelled...", so "willing" and "hearkened" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "willing" and "hearkened" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.