Isaiah 48:19

Thy 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

In Context

18O 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

20Go ye forth of Babylon, 1 flee ye from the Kasdim (Chaldeans), 1 with a voice of joyful singing 1 declare ye, preach this, 1 send it forth even to the ketzeh ha'aretz; 1 say ye: Hashem hath redeemed His Eved Ya'akov. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy zera as the stars of the skies, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy zera shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Joshua 7:9For the Kena'ani and all the inhabitants of HaAretz shall hear of it, and shall surround us, and cut off Shemeinu (our name) from HaAretz; and what wilt Thou do unto Thy Shem Hagadol?

1 Kings 9:7Then will I cut off Yisroel out of the adamah which I have given them; and this Beis, + 9:7 HaMikdash which I have set apart as kodesh for Shemi, will I cast out of My sight; and Yisroel shall be a mashal (proverb) and a sheninah (taunt, byword) among kol ha'ammim;

Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; 1 and in the dor acher (generation following) let their shem be blotted out. 1

Isaiah 10:22For though thy people Yisroel be like the chol hayam, only a remnant of them shall return; destruction is decreed, overwhelming tzedakah.

Isaiah 48:9Lema'an Shmi (for the sake of My Name) will I defer Mine anger, 1 and for My tehillah (praise) will I refrain for thee, 1 that I cut thee not off. 1

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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