Isaiah 48:17-18

48:17 This is what the Lord, your protector, ¹  says,

the Holy One of Israel: ² 

“I am the Lord your God,

who teaches you how to succeed,

who leads you in the way you should go.

48:18 If only you had obeyed my ³  commandments,

prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, ⁴ 

deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea. ⁵ 

[48:17]  ¹ tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[48:17]  ² sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[48:18]  ³ tn Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”

[48:18]  ⁴ 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.

[48:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19.