Isaiah 48:18
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"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:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
הָיָה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
שָׁלוֹם
shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
גַּל
gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
יָם
yâm
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
הָיָה hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Study H1961 →גַּל gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
Study H1530 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →יָם yâm
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 artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...
Study H3220 →שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Study H7965 →Cross References
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon...
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created ...
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her...
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