Isaiah 48:18

48:18 If only you had obeyed my35 commandments,

prosperity would have flowed to you like a river,36

deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.37

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35	tn Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”
36	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.
37	tn Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה (tsédaqah) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19.