18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea,


In Context

15 I, even I have spoken and called him: I have brought him, and his way is made prosperous.

16 Come ye near unto me, and hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: from the time before it was done, I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirit.

17 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable things, that govern thee in the way that thou walkest.

18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea,

19 And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his name should not have perished, nor have been destroyed from before my face.

20 Come forth out of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, declare it with the voice of joy: make this to be heard, and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

Isaiah 48:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

48:18If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:18Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18Oh 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;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:18Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18Oh 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:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:18O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:18O that you had listened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea: