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Isaiah 48

Isaiah 48:18

Deliverance Promised to Israel · Isaiah 48:12–22
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Translations

Modern
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
Traditional
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Literal
If only you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
Latin
Utinam attendisses mandata mea: facta fuisset sicut flumen pax tua, et justitia tua sicut gurgites maris:

Original

Hebrew
English
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

Notes

Isaiah 48:18

  • Peace and righteousness will be established when the kingdom of God fully comes (see Isaiah 66:12).

  • like a river … like waves of the sea: There will be abundant peace and overflowing righteousness (compare Amos 5:24). Israel could have had this if its people had listened to God.

Isaiah 48:12–22

This final trial speech reviews the arguments of Isaiah 40–48 and presents the final conclusion.

Isaiah 48:1–22

The Lord urges Israel to abandon its long history of rebellion and pay attention to his words. In Hebrew, the word for listening often means the same as obeying or acting on what is heard.

Isaiah 47:1–48:22

We can draw two conclusions from the earlier evidence that the Lord alone is God:

  1. Babylon's great pride is foolish (Isaiah 47:1–15);

  2. Israel should listen to the word of the Lord (Isaiah 48:1–22).

Events

Glossary

Church Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Peace

Topics

Direction Peace: Spiritual The Sea: (Waves of) Righteousness