What does Isaiah 48:18 mean?
ESV: Oh that 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;
NIV: If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.
NASB: If only you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your well-being would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
CSB: If only you had paid attention to my commands. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
NLT: Oh, that you had listened to my commands! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.
KJV: 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:
NKJV: Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
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Isaiah is among the most important prophetic books in the entire Bible. The first segment details God's impending judgment against ancient peoples for sin and idolatry (Isaiah 1—35). The second part of Isaiah briefly explains a failed assault on Jerusalem during the rule of Hezekiah (Isaiah 36—39). The final chapters predict Israel's rescue from Babylonian captivity (Isaiah 40—48), the promised Messiah (Isaiah 49—57), and the final glory of Jerusalem and God's people (Isaiah 58—66).
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