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Isaiah 48:18 Interlinear

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

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Isaiah 48 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ל֥וּא	H3863	O that	a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
2	הִקְשַׁ֖בְתָּ	H7181	thou hadst hearkened	to prick up the ears, i.e., hearken
3	לְמִצְוֹתָ֑י	H4687	to my commandments	a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
4	וַיְהִ֤י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
5	כַנָּהָר֙	H5104	been as a river	a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
6	שְׁלוֹמֶ֔ךָ	H7965	then had thy peace	safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace
7	וְצִדְקָתְךָ֖	H6666	and thy righteousness	rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
8	כְּגַלֵּ֥י	H1530	as the waves	something rolled, i.e., a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
9	הַיָּֽם׃	H3220	of the sea	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif

Isaiah 48:18 (current)O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments been as a river then had thy peace and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea