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:


In Context

15 I, even I, have spoken, yes, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

16 Come ye near to 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, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldst 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 the sea:

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

20 Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as 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 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: