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Isaiah 48:18
New English Translation
Isaiah 48:18
New English Translation
18 If only you had obeyed my[a] commandments,
prosperity would have flowed to you like a river,[b]
deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.[c]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:18 tn Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”
- Isaiah 48:18 tn Heb “like a river your peace would have been.” שָׁלוֹם (shalom) probably refers here to the peace and prosperity which God promised in return for obedience to the covenant.
- Isaiah 48:18 tn Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה (tsedaqah) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19.
New English Translation (NET)
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