Isaiah 48:18

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“Oh 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.”

— WEB

“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:”

— KJV

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

— ASV

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Deuteronomy 5:29 "Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, a…"
Isaiah 66:12 "For Yahweh says, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you will …"
Psalms 119:165 "Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble."
Psalms 81:13-16 "Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!"
Deuteronomy 32:29 "Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!"
Psalms 36:8 "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures."
Luke 19:41-42 "When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,"
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Commentary

peace-- (Psa 119:165). Compare the desire expressed by the same Messiah (Mat 23:37; Luk 19:42). river-- (Isa 33:21; Isa 41:18), a river flowing from God's throne is the symbol of free, abundant, and ever flowing blessings from Him (Eze 47:1; Zac 14:8; Rev 22:1). righteousness--religious prosperity; the parent of "peace" or national prosperity; therefore "peace" corresponds to "righteousness" in the parallelism (Isa 32:17).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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