Isaiah 48:18

O if only thou hadst paid heed to My mitzvot! 1 Then had thy shalom been like a nahar, 1 and thy tzedakah as the waves of the yam; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

17Thus saith Hashem thy Go'el, 1 the Kadosh Yisroel; 1 I am Hashem Eloheicha thy Melamed (Teacher) of doing that which profiteth, 1 thy Madrikh (Guide, Instructor) in the Derech that thou shouldest go. 1

19Thy zera also had been like the chol (sand), 1 and those that come out of thy loins like me'otav (sands of the sea thereof); 1 his shem should not have been cut off 1 nor destroyed from before Me. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:29O that they were wise, that they had seichel, 1 that they would consider their acharit (latter end, future)! 1

Psalms 81:13So I gave them up 1 unto their own heartsʼ sherirut (stubbornness); 1 and they walked in their own mo'atzot (counsels). 1

Psalms 119:165Great shalom have they which love Thy torah; 1 nothing shall cause them to stumble. 1

Isaiah 45:8Cause [the rain] to trickle down, ye Shomayim, from above, 1 and let the blue sky pour down tzedek; 1 let eretz open, 1 and let Yesha (salvation) blossom, 1 and let tzedakah (righteousness) tatzmiach (spring up; Tzemach) together; 1 I Hashem have created it. 1

Isaiah 66:12For thus saith Hashem: 1 Hineni, I will extend shalom to her like a river, 1 and the kavod of the Goyim like an overflowing stream; 1 then shall ye nurse, 1 ye shall be borne upon arms, 1 and be fondled upon her knees. 1

Matthew 23:37Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, the ones that kill the Neviim and stone those having been sent to you! How often have I wanted to gather your yeladim, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you were not willing!

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:17-22

Encouragement to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God , and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17 Thus saith the Lord , thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of… Read the whole commentary →

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