Isaiah 48:18 “If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would ha…”

Isaiah 48:18

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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:

World English Bible

Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

American Standard Version

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Geneva Bible 1599

Oh that thou haddest hearkened to my commandements! then had thy prosperitie bene as the floude, and thy righteousnesse as the waues of the sea.

Darby Translation

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;

Young's Literal Translation

O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,

Bible in Basic English

If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

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Cross references

“that thou”

Deuteronomy 5:29 Psalm 81:13–16 Deuteronomy 32:29 Matthew 23:37 Luke 19:41 Luke 19:42

Deuteronomy 5:29 · BSB

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

Psalm 81:13–16 · BSB

If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

Deuteronomy 32:29 · BSB

If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

Matthew 23:37 · BSB

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Luke 19:41 · BSB

As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

Luke 19:42 · BSB

and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

“then had”

Isaiah 66:12 Psalm 119:165 Psalm 36:8 Isaiah 32:15–18 Amos 5:24 Romans 14:17

Isaiah 66:12 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.

Psalm 119:165 · BSB

Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.

Psalm 36:8 · BSB

They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

Isaiah 32:15–18 · BSB

until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Amos 5:24 · BSB

But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Romans 14:17 · BSB

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Also

Isaiah 45:8

Isaiah 45:8 · BSB

Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.

19Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”

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