Isaiah 48:18

48:18 If only you had obeyed my ¹  commandments,

prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, ² 

deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea. ³ 

[48:18]  ¹ tn Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”

[48:18]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19.