Isaiah 1:19 - Exposition

If ye be willing and obedient. Rosenmüller explains this as equivalent to "if ye be willing to obey" (cf. Ezekiel 3:7 ); but perhaps it is better to give each verb its separate force: "If you consent in your wills, and are also obedient in your actions" (so Kay). Ye shall eat the good of the land ; i.e. there shall be no invasion; strangers shall not devour your crops (see Isaiah 1:7 ); you shall consume them yourselves. "The good of the land" is a common expression for its produce ( Genesis 45:18 , Genesis 45:20 ; Ezra 9:12 ; Nehemiah 9:36 ; Jeremiah 2:7 ).