Isaiah 48:18

Isaiah chapter 48 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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:

Context

v.17Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

v.18This passage

v.19thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 23:37

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

  • Isaiah 45:8

    Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.

  • Luke 19:41

    And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it,

  • Psalms 81:13

    Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

  • Isaiah 32:15

    until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.

  • Deuteronomy 32:29

    Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!