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Isaiah 48

Isa. 48:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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O that
luw' (Hebrew #3863)
or luw {loo}; a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
KJV usage: if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
Pronounce: loo
Origin: or lu {loo}
p thou hadst hearkened
qashab (Hebrew #7181)
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
KJV usage: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
Pronounce: kaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
to my commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
! then had thyq peace
shalowm (Hebrew #7965)
from 7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
KJV usage: X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X great, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.
Pronounce: shaw-lome'
Origin: or shalom {shaw-lome'}
been as a river
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
, and thy righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
as the waves
gal (Hebrew #1530)
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
KJV usage: billow, heap, spring, wave.
Pronounce: gal
Origin: from 1556
of the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
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Psa. 81:13‑16• 13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
 14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
 15The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
 16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. (Psa. 81:13‑16)
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Psa. 119:165• 165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. (Psa. 119:165)

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Peace,
Righteousness,
River,
Sea

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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that thou.
Deut. 5:29• 29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! (Deut. 5:29)
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Deut. 32:29• 29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! (Deut. 32:29)
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Psa. 81:13‑16• 13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
 14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
 15The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
 16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. (Psa. 81:13‑16)
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Matt. 23:37• 37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! (Matt. 23:37)
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Luke 19:41‑42• 41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
 42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. (Luke 19:41‑42)
then had.
Isa. 32:15‑18• 15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
 16Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
 17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
 18And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; (Isa. 32:15‑18)
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Isa. 66:12• 12For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. (Isa. 66:12)
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Psa. 36:8• 8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. (Psa. 36:8)
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Psa. 119:165• 165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. (Psa. 119:165)
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Amos 5:24• 24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. (Amos 5:24)
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Rom. 14:17• 17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. (Rom. 14:17)
• The blessing they were missing by their inattention and disobedience is strikingly pictured in verses 18 and 19. There would have been peace based on righteousness. (“Isaiah 48” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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;